diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f5d3e098..91091b32 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ amqp==2.4.2
 anyjson==0.3.3
 billiard==3.6.0.0
 bleach==3.1.4 # updated 26/06/202 from 1.4.3
-celery==4.3.0
+celery==5.2.2
 Click==7.0
 cornflake==0.2.4
 Flask==1.0.2