diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9f81f3d5..dc417be6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ boto==2.43.0
 boto3==1.4.0
 botocore==1.4.57
 bz2file==0.98
-celery==4.0.0
+celery==5.2.2
 certifi==2015.9.6.2
 cffi==1.8.3
 chardet==2.3.0