diff --git a/api/requirements/base.txt b/api/requirements/base.txt
index e770b3882..b05be4bff 100644
--- a/api/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/api/requirements/base.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pytz==2018.9
 # Redis support
 django-redis>=4.10,<4.11
 redis>=3.0,<3.1
-
+kombu>=4.2.2,<4.3
 
 celery>=4.2,<4.3
 
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/kombu.bugfix b/changes/changelog.d/kombu.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01469f29e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/kombu.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Upgraded kombu to fix an incompatibility with redis>=3