diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 08f8894c..5b412e27 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ hiredis==1.1.0  # https://github.com/redis/hiredis-py
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" %}
 celery==4.4.6  # pyup: < 5.0,!=4.4.7  # https://github.com/celery/celery
-django-celery-beat==2.0.0  # https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat
+django-celery-beat==2.1.0  # https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
 flower==0.9.5  # https://github.com/mher/flower
 {%- endif %}