diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bd2c8b6..ba7e425 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ awesome-slugify==1.6.2
 beautifulsoup4==4.2.1
 billiard==3.3.0.23
 boto==2.38.0
-celery==3.1.17
+celery==5.2.2
 dj-database-url==0.4.0
 django-activity-stream==0.6.1
 django-appconf==0.5