diff --git a/fbr/config/settings/base.py b/fbr/config/settings/base.py
index 194d8b0..711de8b 100644
--- a/fbr/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/fbr/config/settings/base.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
 )
 CELERY_TIMEZONE = "UTC"
 CELERY_ENABLE_UTC = True
+USE_DEPRECATED_PYTZ = True
 
 # Internationalisation
 LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-gb"