diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
index eebb3e678b..6695abfe4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Drafts your next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into "master"
-      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
         with:
           # (Optional) specify config name to use, relative to .github/. Default: release-drafter.yml
            config-name: release-drafter-config.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yml
index a48781aa84..f739a54242 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spellcheck.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Check Spelling
-        uses: rojopolis/spellcheck-github-actions@0.35.0
+        uses: rojopolis/spellcheck-github-actions@0.36.0
         with:
           config_path: .github/spellcheck-settings.yml
           task_name: Markdown
diff --git a/redis/exceptions.py b/redis/exceptions.py
index ddb4041da3..8af58cb0db 100644
--- a/redis/exceptions.py
+++ b/redis/exceptions.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class LockError(RedisError, ValueError):
     # NOTE: For backwards compatibility, this class derives from ValueError.
     # This was originally chosen to behave like threading.Lock.
 
-    def __init__(self, message, lock_name=None):
+    def __init__(self, message=None, lock_name=None):
         self.message = message
         self.lock_name = lock_name
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8570babbdb..4175faf93a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     install_requires=[
         'importlib-metadata >= 1.0; python_version < "3.8"',
         'typing-extensions; python_version<"3.8"',
-        'async-timeout>=4.0.3',
+        'async-timeout>=4.0.3; python_full_version<"3.11.3"',
     ],
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",