diff --git a/redis/asyncio/connection.py b/redis/asyncio/connection.py
index d6c03f17c5..326daaa8f8 100644
--- a/redis/asyncio/connection.py
+++ b/redis/asyncio/connection.py
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ def __init__(
         cert_reqs: Optional[Union[str, ssl.VerifyMode]] = None,
         ca_certs: Optional[str] = None,
         ca_data: Optional[str] = None,
-        check_hostname: bool = True,
+        check_hostname: bool = False,
         min_version: Optional[TLSVersion] = None,
         ciphers: Optional[str] = None,
     ):