diff --git a/genewiki/requirements.txt b/genewiki/requirements.txt
index af1d096..abace30 100644
--- a/genewiki/requirements.txt
+++ b/genewiki/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ amqp==2.1.4
 anyjson==0.3.3
 appdirs==1.4.3
 billiard==3.3.0.23
-celery==3.1.25
+celery==5.2.2
 contextlib2==0.5.4
 decorator==4.0.11
 Django==1.10.6