diff --git a/cmd/anubis/main.go b/cmd/anubis/main.go
index 92fe1a26..db18f355 100644
--- a/cmd/anubis/main.go
+++ b/cmd/anubis/main.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ var (
 	ogCacheConsiderHost      = flag.Bool("og-cache-consider-host", false, "enable or disable the use of the host in the Open Graph tag cache")
 	extractResources         = flag.String("extract-resources", "", "if set, extract the static resources to the specified folder")
 	webmasterEmail           = flag.String("webmaster-email", "", "if set, displays webmaster's email on the reject page for appeals")
+	valkeyURL                = flag.String("valkey-url", "", "Valkey URL for Anubis' state layer")
 	versionFlag              = flag.Bool("version", false, "print Anubis version")
 	xffStripPrivate          = flag.Bool("xff-strip-private", true, "if set, strip private addresses from X-Forwarded-For")
 )
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 051f04ae..d707fb0d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/cel-go v0.25.0
 	github.com/playwright-community/playwright-go v0.5200.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.22.0
+	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.9.0
 	github.com/sebest/xff v0.0.0-20210106013422-671bd2870b3a
 	github.com/yl2chen/cidranger v1.0.2
 	golang.org/x/net v0.41.0
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/deckarep/golang-set/v2 v2.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f // indirect
 	github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.4 // indirect
 	github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20250309171923-bcd7cc6bf64c // indirect
 	github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2012f58d..36cd9517 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
 github.com/blakesmith/ar v0.0.0-20190502131153-809d4375e1fb h1:m935MPodAbYS46DG4pJSv7WO+VECIWUQ7OJYSoTrMh4=
 github.com/blakesmith/ar v0.0.0-20190502131153-809d4375e1fb/go.mod h1:PkYb9DJNAwrSvRx5DYA+gUcOIgTGVMNkfSCbZM8cWpI=
+github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0 h1:Ny8MWAHyOepLGlLKYmXG4IEkioBysk6GpaRTLC8zwWs=
+github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:SwYbGRRDovPVboqFv0tPTcG1sN61LM1Z4ARdbAV9g4c=
+github.com/bsm/gomega v1.27.10 h1:yeMWxP2pV2fG3FgAODIY8EiRE3dy0aeFYt4l7wh6yKA=
+github.com/bsm/gomega v1.27.10/go.mod h1:JyEr/xRbxbtgWNi8tIEVPUYZ5Dzef52k01W3YH0H+O0=
 github.com/caarlos0/testfs v0.4.4 h1:3PHvzHi5Lt+g332CiShwS8ogTgS3HjrmzZxCm6JCDr8=
 github.com/caarlos0/testfs v0.4.4/go.mod h1:bRN55zgG4XCUVVHZCeU+/Tz1Q6AxEJOEJTliBy+1DMk=
 github.com/cavaliergopher/cpio v1.0.1 h1:KQFSeKmZhv0cr+kawA3a0xTQCU4QxXF1vhU7P7av2KM=
@@ -75,6 +79,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/deckarep/golang-set/v2 v2.8.0 h1:swm0rlPCmdWn9mESxKOjWk8hXSqoxOp+ZlfuyaAdFlQ=
 github.com/deckarep/golang-set/v2 v2.8.0/go.mod h1:VAky9rY/yGXJOLEDv3OMci+7wtDpOF4IN+y82NBOac4=
+github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f h1:lO4WD4F/rVNCu3HqELle0jiPLLBs70cWOduZpkS1E78=
+github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f/go.mod h1:cuUVRXasLTGF7a8hSLbxyZXjz+1KgoB3wDUb6vlszIc=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.4 h1:rPYF9/LECdNymJufQKmri9gV604RvvABwgOA8un7yAo=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.11.4/go.mod h1:DHkYz0B9wPfa6wondMfaivmHpzrQ3v9q8cnmRbL6yW8=
 github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20250309171923-bcd7cc6bf64c h1:mxWGS0YyquJ/ikZOjSrRjjFIbUqIP9ojyYQ+QZTU3Rg=
@@ -228,6 +234,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/common v0.62.0 h1:xasJaQlnWAeyHdUBeGjXmutelfJHWMRr+Fg4QszZ
 github.com/prometheus/common v0.62.0/go.mod h1:vyBcEuLSvWos9B1+CyL7JZ2up+uFzXhkqml0W5zIY1I=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 h1:YagwOFzUgYfKKHX6Dr+sHT7km/hxC76UB0learggepc=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1/go.mod h1:fB45yRUv8NstnjriLhBQLuOUt+WW4BsoGhij/e3PBqk=
+github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.9.0 h1:URbPQ4xVQSQhZ27WMQVmZSo3uT3pL+4IdHVcYq2nVfM=
+github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.9.0/go.mod h1:huWgSWd8mW6+m0VPhJjSSQ+d6Nh1VICQ6Q5lHuCH/Iw=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1 h1:UQB4HGPB6osV0SQTLymcB4TgvyWu6ZyliaW0tI/otEQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1/go.mod h1:MaRKkUm5W0goXpeCfT7UZI6fk/L7L7so1lCWt35ZSgc=
diff --git a/internal/store/store.go b/internal/store/store.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13793adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/store/store.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package store
+
+import "context"
+
+type Impl interface {
+	GetInt(ctx context.Context, segments []string) (int, error)
+	MultiGetInt(ctx context.Context, segments [][]string) ([]int, error)
+
+	Increment(ctx context.Context, segments []string) error
+}
diff --git a/internal/store/valkey/valkey.go b/internal/store/valkey/valkey.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b58f94d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/store/valkey/valkey.go
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package valkey
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/internal/store"
+	valkey "github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
+)
+
+var (
+	_ store.Impl = &Store{}
+)
+
+type Store struct {
+	rdb *valkey.Client
+}
+
+func New(rdb *valkey.Client) *Store {
+	return &Store{rdb: rdb}
+}
+
+func (s *Store) Increment(ctx context.Context, segments []string) error {
+	key := fmt.Sprintf("anubis:%s", strings.Join(segments, ":"))
+	if err := s.rdb.Incr(ctx, key).Err(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *Store) GetInt(ctx context.Context, segments []string) (int, error) {
+	key := fmt.Sprintf("anubis:%s", strings.Join(segments, ":"))
+	numStr, err := s.rdb.Get(ctx, key).Result()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	num, err := strconv.Atoi(numStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	return num, nil
+}
+
+func (s *Store) MultiGetInt(ctx context.Context, segments [][]string) ([]int, error) {
+	var keys []string
+	for _, segment := range segments {
+		key := fmt.Sprintf("anubis:%s", strings.Join(segment, ":"))
+		keys = append(keys, key)
+	}
+
+	values, err := s.rdb.MGet(ctx, keys...).Result()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var errs []error
+
+	result := make([]int, len(values))
+	for i, val := range values {
+		if val == nil {
+			result[i] = 0
+			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("can't get key %s: value is null", keys[i]))
+			continue
+		}
+
+		switch v := val.(type) {
+		case string:
+			num, err := strconv.Atoi(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("can't parse key %s: %w", keys[i], err))
+				continue
+			}
+
+			result[i] = num
+		default:
+			errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("can't parse key %s: wanted type string but got type %T", keys[i], val))
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(errs) != 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't read from valkey: %w", errors.Join(errs...))
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
+}
diff --git a/lib/anubis.go b/lib/anubis.go
index 499747ae..fec01df6 100644
--- a/lib/anubis.go
+++ b/lib/anubis.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/internal"
 	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/internal/dnsbl"
 	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/internal/ogtags"
+	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/internal/store"
 	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/lib/challenge"
 	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/lib/policy"
 	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/lib/policy/config"
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ type Server struct {
 	priv       ed25519.PrivateKey
 	pub        ed25519.PublicKey
 	opts       Options
+	store      store.Impl
 }
 
 func (s *Server) challengeFor(r *http.Request, difficulty int) string {
diff --git a/lib/config.go b/lib/config.go
index f1f8d4e5..9b6b44f9 100644
--- a/lib/config.go
+++ b/lib/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package lib
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"crypto/ed25519"
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"errors"
@@ -18,10 +19,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/internal"
 	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/internal/dnsbl"
 	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/internal/ogtags"
+	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/internal/store/valkey"
 	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/lib/challenge"
 	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/lib/policy"
 	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/web"
 	"github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/xess"
+	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
 )
 
 type Options struct {
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	OGPassthrough        bool
 	CookiePartitioned    bool
 	ServeRobotsTXT       bool
+	ValkeyURL            string
 }
 
 func LoadPoliciesOrDefault(fname string, defaultDifficulty int) (*policy.ParsedConfig, error) {
@@ -111,6 +115,23 @@ func New(opts Options) (*Server, error) {
 		cookieName: cookieName,
 	}
 
+	if opts.ValkeyURL != "" {
+		vkOpts, err := redis.ParseURL(opts.ValkeyURL)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't parse valkey URL: %q: %w", opts.ValkeyURL, err)
+		}
+
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		cli := redis.NewClient(vkOpts)
+		if _, err := cli.Ping(ctx).Result(); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't ping valkey: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		result.store = valkey.New(cli)
+	}
+
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 	xess.Mount(mux)