diff --git a/src/requirements/celery.txt b/src/requirements/celery.txt
index 0a80f9d4f7..8563e9a4d9 100644
--- a/src/requirements/celery.txt
+++ b/src/requirements/celery.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-celery>=3.1,<3.2
+# celery>=3.1,<3.2
 # until the following issue is fixed, we need our own celery version
 # https://github.com/celery/celery/pull/3199
 git+https://github.com/pretix/celery.git@pretix#egg=celery