diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 52022d4..107ee81 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ redis==2.10.6
 
 docker==4.3.1
 Django==2.2.16
-rq==0.12.0
+rq==1.7.0
 django-rq==1.2.0
 rq-scheduler==0.8.3
 -e git+https://github.com/istrategylabs/django-rq-scheduler.git@fa76c6ac71068c304aa14ab9df7b13a4b972132e#egg=django-rq-scheduler