diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7c9648ad..c596edbf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ anyjson==0.3.3
 asn1crypto==0.24.0
 backport-collections==0.1
 billiard==3.3.0.23
-celery==3.1.25
+celery==5.2.2
 celery-haystack==0.10
 cffi==1.7.0
 codecov==2.0.15