diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dc13a0ef..37030ab7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ using the `retryStrategy` option:
 var redis = new Redis({
   // This is the default value of `retryStrategy`
   retryStrategy: function (times) {
-    var delay = Math.min(times * 2, 2000);
+    var delay = Math.min(times * 50, 2000);
     return delay;
   }
 });
diff --git a/lib/redis.js b/lib/redis.js
index 13f86f20..e18958f4 100644
--- a/lib/redis.js
+++ b/lib/redis.js
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Redis.defaultOptions = {
   family: 4,
   connectTimeout: 3000,
   retryStrategy: function (times) {
-    return Math.min(times * 2, 2000);
+    return Math.min(times * 50, 2000);
   },
   keepAlive: 0,
   noDelay: true,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 06c9a02f..14d53764 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "flexbuffer": "0.0.6",
     "lodash": "^4.8.2",
     "redis-commands": "^1.2.0",
-    "redis-parser": "^2.3.0"
+    "redis-parser": "^2.4.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "^3.5.0",