diff --git a/deployments/docker-compose.dev.yml b/deployments/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 58cd4d9..b522568 100644
--- a/deployments/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/deployments/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "6379:6379"
     volumes:
-      - ${FETCHML_REPO_ROOT:-..}/data/dev/redis:/data
+      - redis_data:/data
     restart: unless-stopped
     command: redis-server --appendonly yes
     healthcheck:
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ services:
     # depends_on:
     #   - loki
 volumes:
+  redis_data:
+    driver: local
   prometheus_data:
     driver: local
   grafana_data:
diff --git a/scripts/testing/test-native-with-redis.sh b/scripts/testing/test-native-with-redis.sh
index 2175894..50fd3c7 100755
--- a/scripts/testing/test-native-with-redis.sh
+++ b/scripts/testing/test-native-with-redis.sh
@@ -7,13 +7,6 @@ set -e
 echo "=== FetchML Native Library Test with Redis ==="
 echo ""
 
-# Create data directories if they don't exist (fixes Docker mount permission issues)
-echo "Creating data directories..."
-mkdir -p data/dev/redis
-mkdir -p data/dev/logs
-mkdir -p data/dev/experiments
-mkdir -p data/dev/active
-
 # Check if native libraries are built
 if [ ! -f "native/build/libqueue_index.so" ] && [ ! -f "native/build/libqueue_index.dylib" ]; then
     echo "Building native libraries..."