diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Procfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Procfile
index ddb5cd8a9..274108d14 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Procfile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Procfile
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ web: gunicorn config.asgi:application -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker
 web: gunicorn config.wsgi:application
 {%- endif %}
 {% if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" -%}
-worker: REMAP_SIGTERM=SIGQUIT celery worker --app=config.celery_app --loglevel=info
-beat: REMAP_SIGTERM=SIGQUIT celery beat --app=config.celery_app --loglevel=info
+worker: REMAP_SIGTERM=SIGQUIT celery -A config.celery_app worker --loglevel=info
+beat: REMAP_SIGTERM=SIGQUIT celery -A config.celery_app beat --loglevel=info
 {%- endif %}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/flower/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/flower/start
index 5bcaa8164..bd3c9f2fd 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/flower/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/flower/start
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 
 
-celery flower \
-    --app=config.celery_app \
-    --broker="${CELERY_BROKER_URL}" \
+celery \
+    -A config.celery_app \
+    -b "${CELERY_BROKER_URL}" \
+    flower \
     --basic_auth="${CELERY_FLOWER_USER}:${CELERY_FLOWER_PASSWORD}"
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/flower/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/flower/start
index 5bcaa8164..bd3c9f2fd 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/flower/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/flower/start
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 
 
-celery flower \
-    --app=config.celery_app \
-    --broker="${CELERY_BROKER_URL}" \
+celery \
+    -A config.celery_app \
+    -b "${CELERY_BROKER_URL}" \
+    flower \
     --basic_auth="${CELERY_FLOWER_USER}:${CELERY_FLOWER_PASSWORD}"
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 917fada69..59b4a6f0f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ redis==3.5.3  # https://github.com/andymccurdy/redis-py
 hiredis==2.0.0  # 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==2.2.0  # https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat
+celery==5.1.2  # pyup: < 6.0  # https://github.com/celery/celery
+django-celery-beat==2.2.1  # https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
-flower==0.9.7  # https://github.com/mher/flower
+flower==1.0.0  # https://github.com/mher/flower
 {%- endif %}
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' %}