diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index c674cdf..54f4b05 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ flask-jwt-extended==3.20.0
 PyJWT==1.6.4
 Flask-Mail==0.9.1
 mockredispy==2.9.3
-celery==4.3.0
+celery==5.2.2
 attrs==19.1.0
 elasticsearch==7.0.2
 elasticsearch-dsl==7.0.0