diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 736bc9dff..9fdad0a0b 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ hiredis==3.1.1  # https://github.com/redis/hiredis-py
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" %}
 celery==5.5.2  # pyup: < 6.0  # https://github.com/celery/celery
-django-celery-beat==2.7.0  # https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat
+django-celery-beat==2.8.1  # https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
 flower==2.0.1  # https://github.com/mher/flower
 {%- endif %}