diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2fee3e10be409..c8028376915aa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def write_version(filename: str = os.path.join(*[my_dir, "airflow", "git_version
     'cassandra-driver>=3.13.0,<4',
 ]
 celery = [
-    'celery~=5.1,>=5.1.2',
+    'celery>=5.2.3',
     'flower~=1.0.0',
 ]
 cgroups = [