diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6c0ffaa..f21c27f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Whoosh==2.7.0
 amqp==1.4.9
 anyjson==0.3.3
 billiard==3.3.0.22
-celery==3.1.20
+celery==5.2.2
 kombu==3.0.33
 lxml==3.5.0
 pytz==2015.7