diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 005cdefa..ee420fd2 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ gevent==1.4.0
 cassandra-driver==3.19.0
 SimpleITK==1.2.3
 numpy==1.16.3
-celery==4.3.0
+celery==5.0.4
 Pillow==6.2.0
 retrying==1.3.3
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.3