diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 1cef1931d..cc3f6e70c 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fitbit==0.3.0
 honcho==1.0.1
 httplib2==0.10.3
 ipython==6.2.1
-kombu==4.1.0
+kombu==5.4.1
 MagicMock==0.3
 Markdown==2.6.10
 numpy==1.13.3