diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1adcf4e..a6dd23c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 amqp==2.1.4
 beautifulsoup4==4.6.3
 billiard==3.5.0.2
-celery==4.0.2
+celery==5.2.2
 certifi==2017.4.17
 chardet==3.0.4
 Cython
diff --git a/requirements_incl_notebooks.txt b/requirements_incl_notebooks.txt
index aded3f3..0fc2880 100644
--- a/requirements_incl_notebooks.txt
+++ b/requirements_incl_notebooks.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ backcall==0.1.0
 beautifulsoup4==4.6.3
 billiard==3.5.0.2
 bleach==3.1.0
-celery==4.0.2
+celery==5.2.2
 certifi==2017.4.17
 chardet==3.0.4
 cycler==0.10.0