diff --git a/worker/requirements.txt b/worker/requirements.txt
index 1a2d5b8e69..f70f456b57 100644
--- a/worker/requirements.txt
+++ b/worker/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is auto-generated by tools/extract-requirements.sh.
 # Please do not edit this file, edit the setup.py file!
-celery==4.4.7
+celery==5.2.6
 kombu==4.6.11
 mutagen>=1.31.0
 requests>=2.7.0
diff --git a/worker/setup.py b/worker/setup.py
index 11939f8728..c89e8f0e25 100644
--- a/worker/setup.py
+++ b/worker/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     packages=["libretime_worker"],
     python_requires=">=3.6",
     install_requires=[
-        "celery==4.4.7",
+        "celery==5.2.6",
         "kombu==4.6.11",
         "mutagen>=1.31.0",
         "requests>=2.7.0",