diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 138f1f5..6195bf7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@
 
 - [`mariadb`](roles/mariadb/README.md): deploy mariadb
   in a docker container
+
+- [`valkey`](roles/valkey/README.md): deploy and configure valkey,
+  an open source in-memory data store under BSD license, forked
+  from redis.
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index 6be2f77..5f215ec 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ tags:
   - elasticsearch
   - redis
   - mariadb
+  - valkey
   - docker
diff --git a/playbooks/valkey.yml b/playbooks/valkey.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5d943e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/valkey.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+- name: Deploy and configure valkey
+  hosts: "{{ valkey_hosts | default('valkey', true) }}"
+  become: "{{ valkey_become | default(true, true) }}"
+  roles:
+    - finallycoffee.databases.valkey
diff --git a/roles/valkey/README.md b/roles/valkey/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..341eb02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/valkey/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# `finallycoffee.databases.valkey` ansible role
+
+Valkey is an open source (BSD 3 licensed), high-performance in-memory key/value
+data store, ideal for workloads like caching or message queues. It has been
+forked from redis 7.2.4 before redis license was changed to SSPL.
+
+Valkey offers compatibility to redis and can be used as a drop-in replacement
+for redis.
+
+## Configuration
+
+For the configuration, see the [`redis` role configuration](../redis/README.md#configuration),
+and swap the `redis_` prefix of all variables for the `valkey_` prefix.
diff --git a/roles/valkey/defaults/main/config.yml b/roles/valkey/defaults/main/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4238bae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/valkey/defaults/main/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+valkey_config_bind:
+  - "127.0.0.1"
+  - "-::1"
+valkey_config_protected_mode: true
+valkey_config_port: 6379
+valkey_config_unixsocket: ~
+valkey_config_unixsocketperm: '700'
+valkey_config_user:
+  - "default on +@all -DEBUG ~* nopass"
+valkey_config_databases: 16
+valkey_config_supervised: false
+valkey_config_daemonize: false
+valkey_config_dbfilename: dump.rdb
+valkey_config_dir: "{{ valkey_data_path }}"
+valkey_config_save: "3600 1 300 100 60 10000"
+valkey_config_appendfsync: everysec
+
+valkey_base_config:
+  bind: "{{ valkey_config_bind | join(' ') }}"
+  "protected-mode": "{{ valkey_config_protected_mode | bool | ternary('yes', 'no') }}"
+  port: "{{ valkey_config_port }}"
+  user: "{{ valkey_config_user }}"
+  databases: "{{ valkey_config_databases }}"
+  daemonize: "{{ valkey_config_daemonize | bool | ternary('yes', 'no') }}"
+  supervised: "{{ valkey_config_supervised | bool | ternary('yes', 'no') }}"
+  save: "{{ valkey_config_save }}"
+  dbfilename: "{{ valkey_config_dbfilename }}"
+  dir: "{{ valkey_config_dir }}"
+  appendfsync: "{{ valkey_config_appendfsync }}"
+
+valkey_config: ~
+valkey_merged_config: >-2
+  {{ valkey_base_config
+  | combine(({
+      'unixsocket': valkey_config_unixsocket,
+      'unixsocketperm': valkey_config_unixsocketperm,
+    })
+    if (valkey_config_unixsocket | default(false, true)) else {},
+    recursive=True)
+  | combine(valkey_config | default({}, true), recursive=True) }}
diff --git a/roles/valkey/defaults/main/container.yml b/roles/valkey/defaults/main/container.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a52366b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/valkey/defaults/main/container.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+---
+valkey_container_image_registry: docker.io
+valkey_container_image_namespace: valkey
+valkey_container_image_name: valkey
+valkey_container_image_tag: ~
+valkey_container_image_flavour: alpine
+valkey_container_image_source: pull
+valkey_container_image_force_source: >-2
+  {{ valkey_container_image_tag | default(false, true) | bool }}
+valkey_container_image: >-2
+  {{
+    ([
+      valkey_container_image_registry | default([], true),
+      valkey_container_image_namespace | default([], true),
+      valkey_container_image_name,
+    ] | flatten | join('/'))
+    + ':' +
+    (valkey_container_image_tag | default(
+      valkey_version + (
+        ((valkey_container_image_flavour is string)
+            and (valkey_container_image_flavour | length > 0))
+        | ternary('-' + (valkey_container_image_flavour | default('')), '')
+      ),
+      true,
+    ))
+  }}
+
+valkey_container_name: "valkey{{ valkey_instance_suffix }}"
+valkey_container_env: ~
+valkey_container_user: >-2
+  {{ valkey_run_user_id }}:{{ valkey_run_group_id }}
+valkey_container_ports: ~
+valkey_container_labels: ~
+valkey_container_volumes: ~
+valkey_container_merged_volumes: >-2
+  {{ valkey_container_base_volumes
+  + valkey_container_volumes | default([], true) }}
+valkey_container_command:
+  - "valkey-server"
+  - "{{ valkey_config_file }}"
+valkey_container_networks: ~
+valkey_container_etc_hosts: ~
+valkey_container_dns_servers: ~
+valkey_container_restart_policy: "unless-stopped"
+valkey_container_state: >-2
+  {{ (valkey_state == 'present') | ternary('started', 'absent') }}
+valkey_container_base_volumes:
+  - "{{ valkey_config_file }}:{{ valkey_config_file }}:ro"
+  - "{{ valkey_data_path }}:{{ valkey_data_path }}:rw"
diff --git a/roles/valkey/defaults/main/main.yml b/roles/valkey/defaults/main/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebd96f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/valkey/defaults/main/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+valkey_version: "8.0.1"
+valkey_state: "present"
+valkey_instance: ~
+valkey_instance_suffix: >-2
+  {{ ((valkey_instance is string) and (valkey_instance | length > 0))
+    | ternary('-' + (valkey_instance | default('', true)), '') }}
+valkey_user: >-2
+  valkey{{ valkey_instance_suffix }}
+
+valkey_config_path: "/etc/valkey"
+valkey_config_file: >-2
+  {{ valkey_config_path }}/valkey{{ valkey_instance_suffix }}.conf
+valkey_data_path: "/var/lib/valkey{{ valkey_instance_suffix }}"
+valkey_deployment_method: docker
diff --git a/roles/valkey/defaults/main/user.yml b/roles/valkey/defaults/main/user.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ba27dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/valkey/defaults/main/user.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+valkey_run_user_id: >-2
+  {{ valkey_user_info.uid | default(valkey_user, true) }}
+valkey_run_group_id: >-2
+  {{ valkey_user_info.group | default(valkey_user, true) }}
+valkey_user_system: true
+valkey_user_create_home: false
+valkey_user_groups: ~
+valkey_user_append_groups: >-2
+  {{ valkey_user_groups | default(true, false) | bool }}
diff --git a/roles/valkey/handlers/main.yml b/roles/valkey/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5e9afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/valkey/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+- name: Ensure valkey container '{{ valkey_container_name }}' is restarted
+  community.docker.docker_container:
+    name: "{{ valkey_container_name }}"
+    state: "{{ valkey_container_state }}"
+    restart: true
+  listen: valkey-restart
+  when:
+    - valkey_deployment_method == 'docker'
+    - valkey_state == 'present'
+  ignore_errors: "{{ ansible_check_mode }}"
diff --git a/roles/valkey/meta/main.yml b/roles/valkey/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c52c733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/valkey/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+allow_duplicates: true
+dependencies: []
+galaxy_info:
+  role_name: valkey
+  description: >-2
+    An open source, in-memory datastore under BSD 3 license
+  galaxy_tags:
+    - valkey
+    - redis
+    - docker
diff --git a/roles/valkey/tasks/deploy-docker.yml b/roles/valkey/tasks/deploy-docker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..724155e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/valkey/tasks/deploy-docker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+- name: Ensure container image '{{ valkey_container_image }}' is {{ valkey_state }}
+  community.docker.docker_image:
+    name: "{{ valkey_container_image }}"
+    state: "{{ valkey_state }}"
+    source: "{{ valkey_container_image_source }}"
+    force_source: "{{ valkey_container_image_force_source }}"
+  register: valkey_container_image_info
+  until: valkey_container_image_info is success
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 3
+
+- name: Ensure container '{{ valkey_container_name }}' is {{ valkey_container_state }}
+  community.docker.docker_container:
+    name: "{{ valkey_container_name }}"
+    image: "{{ valkey_container_image }}"
+    env: "{{ valkey_container_env | default(omit, true) }}"
+    user: "{{ valkey_container_user }}"
+    ports: "{{ valkey_container_ports | default(omit, true) }}"
+    labels: "{{ valkey_container_labels | default(omit, true) }}"
+    command: "{{ valkey_container_command }}"
+    volumes: "{{ valkey_container_merged_volumes }}"
+    networks: "{{ valkey_container_networks | default(omit, true) }}"
+    etc_hosts: "{{ valkey_container_etc_hosts | default(omit, true) }}"
+    dns_servers: "{{ valkey_container_dns_servers | default(omit, true) }}"
+    state: "{{ valkey_container_state }}"
diff --git a/roles/valkey/tasks/main.yml b/roles/valkey/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b87ee81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/valkey/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+---
+- name: Ensure state is valid
+  ansible.builtin.fail:
+    msg: >-2
+      Unsupported state '{{ valkey_state }}'.
+      Supported states are {{ valkey_states | join(', ') }}
+  when: valkey_state not in valkey_states
+
+- name: Ensure deployment method is valid
+  ansible.builtin.fail:
+    msg: >-2
+      Unsupported deployment method '{{ valkey_deployment_method }}'!
+      Supported methods are {{ valkey_deployment_method | join(', ') }}
+  when: valkey_deployment_method not in valkey_deployment_methods
+
+- name: Ensure valkey user '{{ valkey_user }}' is {{ valkey_state }}
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: "{{ valkey_user }}"
+    state: "{{ valkey_state }}"
+    system: "{{ valkey_user_system }}"
+    create_home: "{{ valkey_user_create_home }}"
+    groups: "{{ valkey_user_groups | default(omit, true) }}"
+    append: "{{ valkey_user_append_groups | default(omit, true) }}"
+  register: valkey_user_info
+
+- name: Ensure valkey config file '{{ valkey_config_file }}' is {{ valkey_state }}
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ valkey_config_file }}"
+    state: "{{ valkey_state }}"
+  when: valkey_state == 'absent'
+
+- name: Ensure valkey host directories are {{ valkey_state }}
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ path.name }}"
+    state: >-2
+      {{ (valkey_state == 'present') | ternary('directory', 'absent') }}
+    owner: "{{ path.owner | default(valkey_run_user_id) }}"
+    group: "{{ path.group | default(valkey_run_group_id) }}"
+    mode: "{{ path.mode | default('0755') }}"
+  loop:
+    - name: "{{ valkey_config_path }}"
+    - name: "{{ valkey_data_path }}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: "path"
+    label: "{{ path.name }}"
+
+- name: Ensure valkey config file '{{ valkey_config_file }}' is {{ valkey_state }}
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    content: |+2
+      {% for tuple in (valkey_merged_config | dict2items) %}
+      {% if tuple.value is string  or tuple.value is number %}
+      {{ tuple.key }} {{ tuple.value }}
+      {% else %}
+      {% for value in tuple.value %}
+      {{ tuple.key }} {{ value }}
+      {% endfor %}
+      {% endif %}
+      {% endfor %}
+    dest: "{{ valkey_config_file }}"
+    owner: "{{ valkey_run_user_id }}"
+    group: "{{ valkey_run_group_id }}"
+    mode: "0640"
+  when: valkey_state == 'present'
+  notify: valkey-restart
+
+- name: Deploy valkey using {{ valkey_deployment_method }}
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks:
+    file: "deploy-{{ valkey_deployment_method }}.yml"
diff --git a/roles/valkey/vars/main.yml b/roles/valkey/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6303e85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/valkey/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+valkey_states:
+  - present
+  - absent
+valkey_deployment_methods:
+  - docker