diff --git a/ace_it/requirements.txt b/ace_it/requirements.txt
index 6149fe451..7b9f8aed0 100644
--- a/ace_it/requirements.txt
+++ b/ace_it/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 amqp==1.4.9
 anyjson==0.3.3
 billiard==3.3.0.23
-celery==3.1.26.post2
+celery==5.2.2
 Django==2.2.4
 django-celery==3.3.1
 django-common-helpers==0.9.2