diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4efecd5..abbe0c4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ jsonpickle>=0.9.6
 dendropy==4.4.0
 pymongo==3.9.0
 sphinx==2.3.1
-celery==4.4.2
+celery==5.2.2
 redis==3.5.2
 click==7.1.2
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