diff --git a/tarnish-server/tarnishworker/requirements.txt b/tarnish-server/tarnishworker/requirements.txt
index c231ed5..8daa48f 100644
--- a/tarnish-server/tarnishworker/requirements.txt
+++ b/tarnish-server/tarnishworker/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ beautifulsoup4==4.6.0
 billiard==3.5.0.3
 boto3==1.7.10
 botocore==1.10.10
-celery==4.1.0
+celery==5.2.2
 certifi==2018.4.16
 chardet==3.0.4
 docutils==0.14