diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 934af61..050a5e8 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ croniter==0.3.34
 cryptography==2.9.2
 redis==2.10.6
 pymysql==0.9.2
-celery==3.1.22
+celery==5.2.2
 celery-with-redis==3.0
 uwsgi==2.0.17.1
 gunicorn==19.9.0