diff --git a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/JedisPool.java b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/JedisPool.java
index 02d37d9..ca80203 100644
--- a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/JedisPool.java
+++ b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/JedisPool.java
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ public class JedisPool extends FixedResourcePool<Jedis> {
 
     @Override
     protected boolean isResourceValid(Jedis jedis) {
-	return jedis.ping().equals("OK");
+	return jedis.ping().equals("PONG");
     }
 }
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