diff --git a/requirements.freezed.txt b/requirements.freezed.txt
index 13323e2..a5448ea 100644
--- a/requirements.freezed.txt
+++ b/requirements.freezed.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ bcrypt==3.1.4
 billiard==3.3.0.23
 biopython==1.68
 boto==2.38.0
-celery==3.1.17
+celery==5.2.2
 certifi==2018.10.15
 cffi==1.11.5
 chardet==3.0.4
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4a07a20..57fdf53 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ honcho==0.6.4
 Jinja2==2.11.3
 psycopg2==2.7.3.2
 redis==2.10.6
-celery==3.1.17
+celery==5.2.2
 tqdm==4.19.5
 requests==2.18.4
 ftptool==0.7.1