diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 04597381..6097a7fc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ bleach==3.0.2
 bokeh==1.0.2
 boto==2.49.0
 Bottleneck==1.2.1
-celery==4.2.1
+celery==5.2.2
 certifi==2018.11.29
 cffi==1.11.5
 chardet==3.0.4