diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 598c3f06..dee4e925 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <!-- General information -->
     <PropertyGroup>
         <Authors>Ugo Lattanzi</Authors>
-        <VersionPrefix>13.0.1</VersionPrefix>
+        <VersionPrefix>13.1.0</VersionPrefix>
         <!--
         <VersionSuffix>pre</VersionSuffix>
         -->
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ Features:
 Serializer packages (pick one): System.Text.Json, Newtonsoft, MemoryPack, MsgPack, Protobuf, ServiceStack, Utf8Json.
         </Description>
         <PackageReleaseNotes>
+v13.1.0:
+- Added RedisConfiguration.SslHost to set the target host used when validating the SSL certificate (enables SSL mode when set)
+
 v13.0.1:
 - Performance: connection pool selection no longer allocates multiple ServerCounters snapshots per operation (LeastLoaded) and uses a true lock-free round-robin instead of a cryptographic RNG (RoundRobin)
 - Performance: RedisDatabase instances are cached per database number instead of being allocated on every Db0..Db16 access
diff --git a/src/core/StackExchange.Redis.Extensions.Core/Configuration/RedisConfiguration.cs b/src/core/StackExchange.Redis.Extensions.Core/Configuration/RedisConfiguration.cs
index ee7b0008..2155cb42 100644
--- a/src/core/StackExchange.Redis.Extensions.Core/Configuration/RedisConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/core/StackExchange.Redis.Extensions.Core/Configuration/RedisConfiguration.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public class RedisConfiguration
     private string? password;
     private bool allowAdmin;
     private bool ssl;
+    private string? sslHost;
     private int connectTimeout = 5000;
     private int syncTimeout = 5000;
     private bool abortOnConnectFail;
@@ -271,6 +272,20 @@ public bool Ssl
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The target-host to use when validating SSL certificate; setting a value here enables SSL mode.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? SslHost
+    {
+        get => sslHost;
+
+        set
+        {
+            sslHost = value;
+            ResetConfigurationOptions();
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets the time in milliseconds that should be allowed for connection (defaults to 5 seconds unless SyncTimeout is higher).
     /// </summary>
@@ -485,6 +500,7 @@ public ConfigurationOptions ConfigurationOptions
                     newOptions = new()
                     {
                         Ssl = Ssl,
+                        SslHost = SslHost,
                         AllowAdmin = AllowAdmin,
                         Password = Password,
                         ConnectTimeout = ConnectTimeout,