diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 31a6a32b..0d6d1407 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ whitenoise==5.0.1  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
 redis==3.4.1 # https://github.com/andymccurdy/redis-py
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" %}
 celery==4.4.0  # pyup: < 5.0  # https://github.com/celery/celery
-django-celery-beat==1.6.0  # https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat
+django-celery-beat==2.0.0  # https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
 flower==0.9.3  # https://github.com/mher/flower
 {%- endif %}