diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0ae799c74..aee3c5c38 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ raven==6.9.0
 redis==2.10.6
 requests==2.26.0
 requests-oauthlib==1.3.0
-rq==0.12.0
+rq==2.6.1
 rq-dashboard==0.3.10
 rq-scheduler==0.8.2
 rq-scheduler-dashboard==0.0.2