diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 1150059bf..d8bbc042d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ redis==5.2.1  # https://github.com/redis/redis-py
 hiredis==3.1.0  # https://github.com/redis/hiredis-py
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" %}
-celery==5.4.0  # pyup: < 6.0  # https://github.com/celery/celery
+celery==5.5.0  # pyup: < 6.0  # https://github.com/celery/celery
 django-celery-beat==2.7.0  # https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
 flower==2.0.1  # https://github.com/mher/flower