diff --git a/.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml b/.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml
index 2edb16d39..08323aa51 100644
--- a/.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/run-tests/action.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ runs:
         
         # Mapping of redis version to redis testing containers
         declare -A redis_version_mapping=(
-          ["8.0-RC1"]="8.0-RC1-pre"
+          ["8.0-RC2"]="8.0-RC2-pre"
           ["7.4.2"]="rs-7.4.0-v2"
           ["7.2.7"]="rs-7.2.0-v14"
         )
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f88ca6722..810ab5097 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         redis-version:
-          - "8.0-RC1" # 8.0 RC1
+          - "8.0-RC2" # 8.0 RC2
           - "7.4.2" # should use redis stack 7.4
         go-version:
           - "1.23.x"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           
           # Mapping of redis version to redis testing containers
           declare -A redis_version_mapping=(
-            ["8.0-RC1"]="8.0-RC1-pre"
+            ["8.0-RC2"]="8.0-RC2-pre"
             ["7.4.2"]="rs-7.4.0-v2"
           )
           if [[ -v redis_version_mapping[$REDIS_VERSION] ]]; then
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
         fail-fast: false
         matrix:
           redis-version:
-            - "8.0-RC1" # 8.0 RC1
+            - "8.0-RC2" # 8.0 RC2
             - "7.4.2" # should use redis stack 7.4
             - "7.2.7" # should redis stack 7.2
           go-version:
diff --git a/timeseries_commands_test.go b/timeseries_commands_test.go
index d0d865b48..fdef3e602 100644
--- a/timeseries_commands_test.go
+++ b/timeseries_commands_test.go
@@ -269,11 +269,21 @@ var _ = Describe("RedisTimeseries commands", Label("timeseries"), func() {
 				if client.Options().Protocol == 2 {
 					Expect(resultInfo["labels"].([]interface{})[0]).To(BeEquivalentTo([]interface{}{"Time", "Series"}))
 					Expect(resultInfo["retentionTime"]).To(BeEquivalentTo(10))
-					Expect(resultInfo["duplicatePolicy"]).To(BeEquivalentTo(redis.Nil))
+					if RedisVersion >= 8 {
+						Expect(resultInfo["duplicatePolicy"]).To(BeEquivalentTo("block"))
+					} else {
+						// Older versions of Redis had a bug where the duplicate policy was not set correctly
+						Expect(resultInfo["duplicatePolicy"]).To(BeEquivalentTo(redis.Nil))
+					}
 				} else {
 					Expect(resultInfo["labels"].(map[interface{}]interface{})["Time"]).To(BeEquivalentTo("Series"))
 					Expect(resultInfo["retentionTime"]).To(BeEquivalentTo(10))
-					Expect(resultInfo["duplicatePolicy"]).To(BeEquivalentTo(redis.Nil))
+					if RedisVersion >= 8 {
+						Expect(resultInfo["duplicatePolicy"]).To(BeEquivalentTo("block"))
+					} else {
+						// Older versions of Redis had a bug where the duplicate policy was not set correctly
+						Expect(resultInfo["duplicatePolicy"]).To(BeEquivalentTo(redis.Nil))
+					}
 				}
 				opt = &redis.TSAlterOptions{DuplicatePolicy: "min"}
 				resultAlter, err = client.TSAlter(ctx, "1", opt).Result()