diff --git a/base/requirements.txt b/base/requirements.txt
index e9584ec8..ab6c959f 100644
--- a/base/requirements.txt
+++ b/base/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ anonlink==0.14.2
 anonlink-client==0.1.5
 bitarray-hardbyte==1.6.2
 bitmath==1.3.3.1
-celery==5.1.2
+celery==5.2.7
 clkhash==0.16.1
 colorama==0.4.4 # required for structlog
 connexion==2.7.0