diff --git a/oslo_cache/core.py b/oslo_cache/core.py
index a97780d3..3e860177 100644
--- a/oslo_cache/core.py
+++ b/oslo_cache/core.py
@@ -175,16 +175,9 @@ def _build_cache_config(conf):
             value = getattr(conf.cache, 'redis_' + arg)
             conf_dict['%s.arguments.%s' % (prefix, arg)] = value
     elif conf.cache.backend == 'dogpile.cache.redis_sentinel':
-        for arg in ('password', 'socket_timeout'):
+        for arg in ('username', 'password', 'socket_timeout'):
             value = getattr(conf.cache, 'redis_' + arg)
             conf_dict['%s.arguments.%s' % (prefix, arg)] = value
-        if conf.cache.redis_username:
-            # TODO(tkajinam): Update dogpile.cache to add username argument,
-            # similarly to password.
-            conf_dict['%s.arguments.connection_kwargs' % prefix] = \
-                {'username': conf.cache.redis_username}
-            conf_dict['%s.arguments.sentinel_kwargs' % prefix] = \
-                {'username': conf.cache.redis_username}
         conf_dict['%s.arguments.service_name' % prefix] = \
             conf.cache.redis_sentinel_service_name
         if conf.cache.redis_sentinels:
@@ -287,16 +280,13 @@ def _build_cache_config(conf):
                 })
             if conf.cache.backend == 'dogpile.cache.redis_sentinel':
                 conn_kwargs.update({'ssl': True})
-                conf_dict.setdefault(
-                    '%s.arguments.connection_kwargs' % prefix,
-                    {}).update(conn_kwargs)
-                conf_dict.setdefault(
-                    '%s.arguments.sentinel_kwargs' % prefix,
-                    {}).update(conn_kwargs)
+                conf_dict['%s.arguments.connection_kwargs' % prefix] = \
+                    conn_kwargs
+                conf_dict['%s.arguments.sentinel_kwargs' % prefix] = \
+                    conn_kwargs
             else:
-                conf_dict.setdefault(
-                    '%s.arguments.connection_kwargs' % prefix,
-                    {}).update(conn_kwargs)
+                conf_dict['%s.arguments.connection_kwargs' % prefix] = \
+                    conn_kwargs
         else:
             raise exception.ConfigurationError(
                 "TLS setting via [cache] tls_enabled is not supported by the "
diff --git a/oslo_cache/tests/unit/test_cache_basics.py b/oslo_cache/tests/unit/test_cache_basics.py
index aa51a071..083dc5ce 100644
--- a/oslo_cache/tests/unit/test_cache_basics.py
+++ b/oslo_cache/tests/unit/test_cache_basics.py
@@ -830,14 +830,10 @@ class CacheRegionTest(test_cache.BaseTestCase):
             ('::1', 26379),
             ('localhost', 26379),
         ], config_dict['test_prefix.arguments.sentinels'])
+        self.assertEqual(
+            'user', config_dict['test_prefix.arguments.username'])
         self.assertEqual(
             'secrete', config_dict['test_prefix.arguments.password'])
-        self.assertEqual({
-            'username': 'user'
-        }, config_dict['test_prefix.arguments.connection_kwargs'])
-        self.assertEqual({
-            'username': 'user'
-        }, config_dict['test_prefix.arguments.sentinel_kwargs'])
 
     def test_cache_debug_proxy(self):
         single_value = 'Test Value'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 410731a3..fa24c25c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dogpile.cache>=1.1.5 # BSD
+dogpile.cache>=1.3.1 # BSD
 oslo.config>=8.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=5.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=4.2.1 # Apache-2.0