diff --git a/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/modules/celery/_common.py b/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/modules/celery/_common.py
index c4f3982b49f..b479408053f 100644
--- a/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/modules/celery/_common.py
+++ b/services/storage/src/simcore_service_storage/modules/celery/_common.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ def create_app(celery_settings: CelerySettings) -> Celery:
     )
     app.conf.broker_connection_retry_on_startup = True
     # NOTE: disable SSL cert validation (https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-simcore/pull/7407)
-    app.conf.redis_backend_use_ssl = {"ssl_cert_reqs": ssl.CERT_NONE}
+    if celery_settings.CELERY_REDIS_RESULT_BACKEND.REDIS_SECURE:
+        app.conf.redis_backend_use_ssl = {"ssl_cert_reqs": ssl.CERT_NONE}
     app.conf.result_expires = celery_settings.CELERY_RESULT_EXPIRES
     app.conf.result_extended = True  # original args are included in the results
     app.conf.result_serializer = "json"