diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index e61612a3..e7f4b038 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ argon2-cffi==18.3.0  # https://github.com/hynek/argon2_cffi
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise == 'y' %}
 whitenoise==4.1.1  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
 {%- endif %}
-redis>=2.10.6  # pyup: <3 # https://github.com/antirez/redis
+redis>=2.10.6, < 3  # pyup: < 3 # https://github.com/antirez/redis
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" %}
-celery==4.2.1  # pyup: <5.0  # https://github.com/celery/celery
+celery==4.2.1  # pyup: < 5.0  # https://github.com/celery/celery
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
 flower==0.9.2  # https://github.com/mher/flower
 {%- endif %}