diff --git a/neuropower/requirements.txt b/neuropower/requirements.txt
index f531269..0845a27 100644
--- a/neuropower/requirements.txt
+++ b/neuropower/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ botocore==1.8.23
 boto
 boto3
 cached-property==1.3.0
-celery==3.1.23
+celery==5.2.2
 celery[redis]
 cement==2.4.0
 colorama==0.3.3