diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 52209f2f..d286cfa3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Babel==2.4.0
 backports-abc==0.5
 billiard==3.3.0.23
 cachetools==2.0.1
-celery==3.1.25
+celery==5.2.2
 certifi==2017.7.27.1
 chardet==3.0.4
 Django==1.8