diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5f61f97c..9040664b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dashmap",
  "js-sys",
  "multihash",
+ "redb",
  "rexie",
  "sled",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1016,9 +1017,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
-version = "1.3.2"
+version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b540bd8bc810d3885c6ea91e2018302f68baba2129ab3e88f32389ee9370880d"
+checksum = "b3855a8a784b474f333699ef2bbca9db2c4a1f6d9088a90a2d25b1eb53111eaa"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
@@ -2818,10 +2819,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "libp2p",
  "lumina-node",
  "mime_guess",
+ "redb",
  "rust-embed",
  "serde",
  "serde_repr",
- "sled",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-appender",
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index eb1e93a3..a1bf99c2 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,14 +35,11 @@ clap = { version = "4.4.4", features = ["derive"] }
 directories = "5.0.1"
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 mime_guess = "2.0"
+redb = "2"
 rust-embed = { version = "8.0.0", features = ["interpolate-folder-path"] }
 serde = "1.0.189"
 serde_repr = "0.1"
-# Upgrading this dependency invalidates existing persistent dbs.
-# Those can be restored by migrating between versions:
-# https://docs.rs/sled/latest/sled/struct.Db.html#examples-1
-sled = "0.34.7"
-tokio = { version = "1.29.0", features = ["fs", "macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.29.0", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 tracing-appender = "0.2.2"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/cli/src/native.rs b/cli/src/native.rs
index aa417dd9..d270f1e5 100644
--- a/cli/src/native.rs
+++ b/cli/src/native.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::env;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
@@ -8,12 +9,10 @@ use celestia_rpc::Client;
 use clap::Parser;
 use directories::ProjectDirs;
 use libp2p::{identity, multiaddr::Protocol, Multiaddr};
-use lumina_node::blockstore::SledBlockstore;
+use lumina_node::blockstore::RedbBlockstore;
 use lumina_node::network::{canonical_network_bootnodes, network_genesis, network_id, Network};
 use lumina_node::node::{Node, NodeConfig};
-use lumina_node::store::{SledStore, Store};
-use sled::Db;
-use tokio::fs;
+use lumina_node::store::{RedbStore, Store};
 use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
 use tokio::time::sleep;
 use tracing::info;
@@ -60,8 +59,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn run(args: Params) -> Result<()> {
 
     info!("Initializing store");
     let db = open_db(args.store, &network_id).await?;
-    let store = SledStore::new(db.clone()).await?;
-    let blockstore = SledBlockstore::new(db).await?;
+    let store = RedbStore::new(db.clone()).await?;
+    let blockstore = RedbBlockstore::new(db);
 
     match store.head_height().await {
         Ok(height) => info!("Initialised store with head height: {height}"),
@@ -88,35 +87,53 @@ pub(crate) async fn run(args: Params) -> Result<()> {
     }
 }
 
-async fn open_db(path: Option<PathBuf>, network_id: &str) -> Result<Db> {
-    if let Some(path) = path {
-        let db = spawn_blocking(|| sled::open(path)).await??;
-        return Ok(db);
-    }
+async fn open_db(path: Option<PathBuf>, network_id: &str) -> Result<Arc<redb::Database>> {
+    let network_id = network_id.to_owned();
+
+    spawn_blocking(move || {
+        use std::fs;
 
-    let cache_dir =
-        ProjectDirs::from("co", "eiger", "lumina").context("Couldn't find lumina's cache dir")?;
-    let mut cache_dir = cache_dir.cache_dir().to_owned();
-
-    // TODO: remove it in 2 months or after a few releases
-    // If we find an old ('celestia') cache dir, move it to the new one.
-    if let Some(old_cache_dir) = ProjectDirs::from("co", "eiger", "celestia") {
-        let old_cache_dir = old_cache_dir.cache_dir();
-        if old_cache_dir.exists() && !cache_dir.exists() {
-            warn!(
-                "Migrating old cache dir to a new location: {} -> {}",
-                old_cache_dir.display(),
-                cache_dir.display()
-            );
-            fs::rename(old_cache_dir, &cache_dir).await?;
+        if let Some(path) = path {
+            let db = redb::Database::create(path)?;
+            return Ok(Arc::new(db));
         }
-    }
 
-    cache_dir.push(network_id);
-    // TODO: should we create there also a subdirectory for the 'db'
-    // in case we want to put there some other stuff too?
-    let db = spawn_blocking(|| sled::open(cache_dir)).await??;
-    Ok(db)
+        let cache_dir = ProjectDirs::from("co", "eiger", "lumina")
+            .context("failed to construct project path")?
+            .cache_dir()
+            .join(&network_id)
+            .to_owned();
+
+        let old_cache_dir = ProjectDirs::from("co", "eiger", "celestia")
+            .context("failed to construct project path")?
+            .cache_dir()
+            .join(&network_id)
+            .to_owned();
+
+        if is_sled_db(&old_cache_dir) {
+            warn!("Removing deprecated store {}", old_cache_dir.display());
+            fs::remove_dir_all(&old_cache_dir)?;
+        }
+
+        if is_sled_db(&cache_dir) {
+            warn!("Removing deprecated store {}", cache_dir.display());
+            fs::remove_dir_all(&cache_dir)?;
+        }
+
+        // Directories need to pre-exist
+        fs::create_dir_all(&cache_dir)?;
+
+        let path = cache_dir.join("db");
+        let db = redb::Database::create(path)?;
+
+        Ok(Arc::new(db))
+    })
+    .await?
+}
+
+fn is_sled_db(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> bool {
+    let path = path.as_ref();
+    path.join("blobs").is_dir() && path.join("conf").is_file() && path.join("db").is_file()
 }
 
 /// Get the address of the local bridge node
diff --git a/node/Cargo.toml b/node/Cargo.toml
index 4ddd11e2..2efe0f58 100644
--- a/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ tracing = "0.1.37"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 backoff = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["tokio"] }
-blockstore = { workspace = true, features = ["sled"] }
+blockstore = { workspace = true, features = ["sled", "redb"] }
 # Upgrading this dependency invalidates existing persistent dbs.
 # Those can be restored by migrating between versions:
 # https://docs.rs/sled/latest/sled/struct.Db.html#examples-1
diff --git a/node/src/blockstore.rs b/node/src/blockstore.rs
index 6409cd2e..fd80e978 100644
--- a/node/src/blockstore.rs
+++ b/node/src/blockstore.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ pub type InMemoryBlockstore = blockstore::InMemoryBlockstore<MAX_MH_SIZE>;
 /// [`SledBlockstore`]: blockstore::SledBlockstore
 pub type SledBlockstore = blockstore::SledBlockstore;
 
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+/// A [`RedbBlockstore`].
+///
+/// [`RedbBlockstore`]: blockstore::RedbBlockstore
+pub type RedbBlockstore = blockstore::RedbBlockstore;
+
 #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
 /// An [`IndexedDbBlockstore`].
 ///