diff --git a/redis/conn.go b/redis/conn.go
index 753644b1..dc445a06 100644
--- a/redis/conn.go
+++ b/redis/conn.go
@@ -332,7 +332,10 @@ func DialURLContext(ctx context.Context, rawurl string, options ...DialOption) (
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if u.Scheme != "redis" && u.Scheme != "rediss" {
+	switch u.Scheme {
+	case "redis", "rediss", "valkey", "valkeys":
+		// valid scheme
+	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid redis URL scheme: %s", u.Scheme)
 	}
 
@@ -386,7 +389,7 @@ func DialURLContext(ctx context.Context, rawurl string, options ...DialOption) (
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid database: %s", u.Path[1:])
 	}
 
-	options = append(options, DialUseTLS(u.Scheme == "rediss"))
+	options = append(options, DialUseTLS(u.Scheme == "rediss" || u.Scheme == "valkeys"))
 
 	return DialContext(ctx, "tcp", address, options...)
 }
diff --git a/redis/conn_test.go b/redis/conn_test.go
index b94f0f42..414b7ef3 100644
--- a/redis/conn_test.go
+++ b/redis/conn_test.go
@@ -624,6 +624,22 @@ var dialErrors = []struct {
 		"redis:foo//localhost:6379",
 		"invalid redis URL, url is opaque: redis:foo//localhost:6379",
 	},
+	{
+		"valkey://localhost:6379/abc123",
+		"invalid database: abc123",
+	},
+	{
+		"valkeys://localhost:6379/abc123",
+		"invalid database: abc123",
+	},
+	{
+		"valkey:foo//localhost:6379",
+		"invalid redis URL, url is opaque: valkey:foo//localhost:6379",
+	},
+	{
+		"valkeys:foo//localhost:6379",
+		"invalid redis URL, url is opaque: valkeys:foo//localhost:6379",
+	},
 }
 
 func TestDialURLErrors(t *testing.T) {