diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e98f40a..0110f5d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ amqp==2.2.2
 Babel==2.5.1
 billiard==3.5.0.3
 cachetools==2.0.1
-celery==4.1.0
+celery==5.2.2
 certifi==2017.11.5
 chardet==3.0.4
 configparser==3.5.0
diff --git a/translation_caching/requirements.txt b/translation_caching/requirements.txt
index e98f40a..0110f5d 100644
--- a/translation_caching/requirements.txt
+++ b/translation_caching/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ amqp==2.2.2
 Babel==2.5.1
 billiard==3.5.0.3
 cachetools==2.0.1
-celery==4.1.0
+celery==5.2.2
 certifi==2017.11.5
 chardet==3.0.4
 configparser==3.5.0