diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 318532423a..8d509404af 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.8.4
 # background process management
 # celery dependency that needs its version locked down
 billiard==3.6.1.0
-celery==4.4.0
+celery==5.2.2
 django-redis-cache==2.1.0
 django_compressor==2.3
 django-compressor-autoprefixer==0.1.0