diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 5073479d..fb56b984 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ gevent==20.12.1
 cassandra-driver==3.19.0
 SimpleITK==1.2.3
 numpy==1.16.3
-celery==4.3.1
+celery==5.1.0
 Pillow==6.2.0
 retrying==1.3.3
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.3