diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f0e7bc850..1994b303a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ backports.functools-lru-cache==1.5
 beautifulsoup4==4.4.1
 billiard==3.5.0.3
 boto==2.38.0
-celery==4.1.0
+celery==5.2.2
 certifi==2018.1.18
 chardet==3.0.4
 click==6.7