diff --git a/spring-cloud-cloudfoundry-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/cloudfoundry/RedisServiceInfoCreator.java b/spring-cloud-cloudfoundry-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/cloudfoundry/RedisServiceInfoCreator.java
index 75e6df1..f8fcfa3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-cloudfoundry-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/cloudfoundry/RedisServiceInfoCreator.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-cloudfoundry-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/cloudfoundry/RedisServiceInfoCreator.java
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.service.common.RedisServiceInfo;
 public class RedisServiceInfoCreator extends CloudFoundryServiceInfoCreator<RedisServiceInfo> {
 
 	public RedisServiceInfoCreator() {
-		super(new Tags("redis"), "redis");
+        // the literal in the tag is CloudFoundry-specific
+		super(new Tags("redis"), RedisServiceInfo.URI_SCHEME);
 	}
 
 	public RedisServiceInfo createServiceInfo(Map<String,Object> serviceData) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/service/common/RedisServiceInfo.java b/spring-cloud-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/service/common/RedisServiceInfo.java
index d31be25..ab35a8e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/service/common/RedisServiceInfo.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/service/common/RedisServiceInfo.java
@@ -4,16 +4,19 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.service.UriBasedServiceInfo;
 import org.springframework.cloud.service.ServiceInfo.ServiceLabel;
 
 /**
- * 
+ *
  * @author Ramnivas Laddad
  *
  */
 @ServiceLabel("redis")
 public class RedisServiceInfo extends UriBasedServiceInfo {
+
+    public static final String URI_SCHEME = "redis";
+
 	public RedisServiceInfo(String id, String host, int port, String password) {
-		super(id, "redis", host, port, null, password, null);
+		super(id, URI_SCHEME, host, port, null, password, null);
 	}
-	
+
 	public RedisServiceInfo(String id, String uri) {
         super(id, uri);
     }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/RedisServiceInfoCreator.java b/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/RedisServiceInfoCreator.java
index cfa88ad..1757bd7 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/RedisServiceInfoCreator.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-heroku-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/heroku/RedisServiceInfoCreator.java
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.heroku;
 import org.springframework.cloud.service.common.RedisServiceInfo;
 
 /**
- * 
+ *
  * @author Ramnivas Laddad
  *
  */
 public class RedisServiceInfoCreator extends HerokuServiceInfoCreator<RedisServiceInfo> {
 
 	public RedisServiceInfoCreator() {
-		super("redis");
+		super(RedisServiceInfo.URI_SCHEME);
 	}
 
 	@Override