diff --git a/litellm/_redis.py b/litellm/_redis.py
index 23f82ed1a..135170e25 100644
--- a/litellm/_redis.py
+++ b/litellm/_redis.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import inspect
 
 # s/o [@Frank Colson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-colson-422b9b183/) for this redis implementation
 import os
-from typing import List, Optional
+from typing import List
 
 import redis  # type: ignore
 import redis.asyncio as async_redis  # type: ignore
@@ -55,19 +55,6 @@ def _get_redis_url_kwargs(client=None):
     return available_args
 
 
-def _get_redis_cluster_kwargs(client=None):
-    if client is None:
-        client = redis.Redis.from_url
-    arg_spec = inspect.getfullargspec(redis.RedisCluster)
-
-    # Only allow primitive arguments
-    exclude_args = {"self", "connection_pool", "retry", "host", "port", "startup_nodes"}
-
-    available_args = [x for x in arg_spec.args if x not in exclude_args]
-
-    return available_args
-
-
 def _get_redis_env_kwarg_mapping():
     PREFIX = "REDIS_"
 
@@ -143,13 +130,10 @@ def get_redis_client(**env_overrides):
         return redis.Redis.from_url(**url_kwargs)
 
     if "startup_nodes" in redis_kwargs:
-        from redis.cluster import ClusterNode
+        from redis.cluster import ClusterNode, cleanup_kwargs
 
-        args = _get_redis_cluster_kwargs()
-        cluster_kwargs = {}
-        for arg in redis_kwargs:
-            if arg in args:
-                cluster_kwargs[arg] = redis_kwargs[arg]
+        # Only allow primitive arguments
+        cluster_kwargs = cleanup_kwargs(**redis_kwargs)
 
         new_startup_nodes: List[ClusterNode] = []
 
@@ -177,14 +161,10 @@ def get_redis_async_client(**env_overrides):
         return async_redis.Redis.from_url(**url_kwargs)
 
     if "startup_nodes" in redis_kwargs:
-        from redis.cluster import ClusterNode
-
-        args = _get_redis_cluster_kwargs()
-        cluster_kwargs = {}
-        for arg in redis_kwargs:
-            if arg in args:
-                cluster_kwargs[arg] = redis_kwargs[arg]
+        from redis.cluster import ClusterNode, cleanup_kwargs
 
+        # Only allow primitive arguments
+        cluster_kwargs = cleanup_kwargs(**redis_kwargs)
         new_startup_nodes: List[ClusterNode] = []
 
         for item in redis_kwargs["startup_nodes"]:
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_caching.py b/litellm/tests/test_caching.py
index a272d2dcf..7719840ce 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_caching.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_caching.py
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ async def test_redis_cache_cluster_init_unit_test():
         assert isinstance(resp.redis_client, RedisCluster)
         assert isinstance(resp.init_async_client(), AsyncRedisCluster)
 
-        resp = litellm.Cache(type="redis", redis_startup_nodes=startup_nodes)
+        resp = litellm.Cache(type="redis", redis_startup_nodes=startup_nodes, password="my-cluster-password")
 
         assert isinstance(resp.cache, RedisCache)
         assert isinstance(resp.cache.redis_client, RedisCluster)