diff --git a/requirements-old.txt b/requirements-old.txt
index bf287ff2..be168855 100644
--- a/requirements-old.txt
+++ b/requirements-old.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ bigbluebutton-api-python==0.0.9
 bleach==3.3.0
 bs4==0.0.1
 cached-property==1.3.0
-celery==2.5.3
+celery==5.2.2
 certifi==14.5.14
 chardet==2.1.1
 cl==0.0.3