diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 9d49be2a..8377d03e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ whitenoise==3.3.1  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
 {%- endif %}
 redis>=2.10.5  # https://github.com/antirez/redis
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" %}
-celery==4.2.0  # pyup: <5.0  # https://github.com/celery/celery
+celery==4.2.1  # pyup: <5.0  # https://github.com/celery/celery
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
 flower==0.9.2  # https://github.com/mher/flower
 {%- endif %}