diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1986ef1..8480a3b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ sphinx_rtd_theme==0.3.1
 sphinx_click==1.2.0
 
 # Task queue
-Celery==4.1.1
+Celery==5.2.2
 flower==0.9.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b4d14c7..3f5fc6c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         "alembic==0.9.9",
         "psycopg2-binary==2.7.4",
         "Click==6.7",
-	"Celery==4.1.1",
+	"Celery==5.2.2",
     ],
     setup_requires=['setuptools-markdown'],
     python_requires='>=3.6, <4',