diff --git a/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/redisson-3.0.gradle b/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/redisson-3.0.gradle
index e2aa43e36c..d0be12c58f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/redisson-3.0.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/redisson-3.0.gradle
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ dependencies {
   library group: 'org.redisson', name: 'redisson', version: '3.0.0'
   testImplementation group: 'com.github.kstyrc', name: 'embedded-redis', version: '0.6'
 }
+
+test {
+  systemProperty "testLatestDeps", testLatestDeps
+}
diff --git a/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto/redisson/RedissonClientTracer.java b/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto/redisson/RedissonClientTracer.java
index 2f7d2c80b6..85e02dd8e5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto/redisson/RedissonClientTracer.java
+++ b/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/auto/redisson/RedissonClientTracer.java
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ public class RedissonClientTracer extends DatabaseClientTracer<RedisConnection,
       for (CommandData commandData : commands) {
         commandStrings.append(commandData.getCommand().getName()).append(";");
       }
+      if (commandStrings.length() > 0) {
+        commandStrings.deleteCharAt(commandStrings.length() - 1);
+      }
       return commandStrings.toString();
     } else if (args instanceof CommandData) {
       return ((CommandData) args).getCommand().getName();
diff --git a/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/src/test/groovy/RedissonAsyncClientTest.groovy b/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/src/test/groovy/RedissonAsyncClientTest.groovy
index ea23f88382..d6c9e18af1 100644
--- a/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/src/test/groovy/RedissonAsyncClientTest.groovy
+++ b/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/src/test/groovy/RedissonAsyncClientTest.groovy
@@ -42,8 +42,14 @@ class RedissonAsyncClientTest extends AgentTestRunner {
     .port(port).build()
   @Shared
   RedissonClient redisson
+  @Shared
+  String address = "localhost:" + port
 
   def setupSpec() {
+    if (Boolean.getBoolean("testLatestDeps")) {
+      // Newer versions of redisson require scheme, older versions forbid it
+      address = "redis://" + address
+    }
     println "Using redis: $redisServer.args"
     redisServer.start()
   }
@@ -55,7 +61,7 @@ class RedissonAsyncClientTest extends AgentTestRunner {
 
   def setup() {
     Config config = new Config()
-    config.useSingleServer().setAddress("localhost:" + port)
+    config.useSingleServer().setAddress(address)
     redisson = Redisson.create(config)
     TEST_WRITER.clear()
   }
diff --git a/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/src/test/groovy/RedissonClientTest.groovy b/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/src/test/groovy/RedissonClientTest.groovy
index 67af9bbc2b..b9ac8ead35 100644
--- a/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/src/test/groovy/RedissonClientTest.groovy
+++ b/instrumentation/redisson-3.0/src/test/groovy/RedissonClientTest.groovy
@@ -47,8 +47,14 @@ class RedissonClientTest extends AgentTestRunner {
     .port(port).build()
   @Shared
   RedissonClient redisson
+  @Shared
+  String address = "localhost:" + port
 
   def setupSpec() {
+    if (Boolean.getBoolean("testLatestDeps")) {
+      // Newer versions of redisson require scheme, older versions forbid it
+      address = "redis://" + address
+    }
     println "Using redis: $redisServer.args"
     redisServer.start()
   }
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@ class RedissonClientTest extends AgentTestRunner {
 
   def setup() {
     Config config = new Config()
-    config.useSingleServer().setAddress("localhost:" + port)
+    config.useSingleServer().setAddress(address)
     redisson = Redisson.create(config)
     TEST_WRITER.clear()
   }
@@ -113,7 +119,7 @@ class RedissonClientTest extends AgentTestRunner {
     assertTraces(1) {
       trace(0, 1) {
         span(0) {
-          operationName "SET;SET;"
+          operationName "SET;SET"
           spanKind CLIENT
           attributes {
             "${SemanticAttributes.DB_SYSTEM.key()}" "redis"
@@ -121,7 +127,7 @@ class RedissonClientTest extends AgentTestRunner {
             "${SemanticAttributes.NET_PEER_NAME.key()}" "localhost"
             "${SemanticAttributes.DB_CONNECTION_STRING.key()}" "localhost:$port"
             "${SemanticAttributes.NET_PEER_PORT.key()}" port
-            "${SemanticAttributes.DB_STATEMENT.key()}" "SET;SET;"
+            "${SemanticAttributes.DB_STATEMENT.key()}" "SET;SET"
           }
         }
       }