diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2a38f99..39b4155 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Flask-Babel==0.11.2
 flask-bcrypt==0.7.1
 flask-moment==0.6.0
 Flask-JSGlue==0.3.1
-celery==4.1.0
+celery==5.2.2
 flask_restful==0.3.6
 pyopenssl==17.5.0
 requests==2.18.4