diff --git a/net/py-celery/Makefile b/net/py-celery/Makefile
index ea758880873d..a337f1e129e4 100644
--- a/net/py-celery/Makefile
+++ b/net/py-celery/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.22 2022/01/05 15:41:16 wiz Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.23 2022/02/15 16:24:56 wiz Exp $
 
-DISTNAME=	celery-5.1.2
+DISTNAME=	celery-5.2.3
 PKGNAME=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-${DISTNAME}
-PKGREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	net python
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_PYPI:=c/celery/}
 
@@ -11,16 +10,26 @@ HOMEPAGE=	https://docs.celeryproject.org/
 COMMENT=	Asynchronous task/job queue based on distributed message passing
 LICENSE=	modified-bsd
 
-DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-billiard>=3.6.3.0:../../parallel/py-billiard
-DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-click>=7.0:../../devel/py-click
+DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-billiard>=3.6.4.0:../../parallel/py-billiard
+DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-click>=8.0.3:../../devel/py-click
 DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-click-didyoumean>=0.0.3:../../devel/py-click-didyoumean
 DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-click-plugins>=1.1.1:../../devel/py-click-plugins
-DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-click-repl>=0.1.6:../../devel/py-click-repl
-DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-kombu>=5.0.0:../../net/py-kombu
-DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-pytz-[0-9]*:../../time/py-pytz
+DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-click-repl>=0.2.0:../../devel/py-click-repl
+DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-kombu>=5.2.3:../../net/py-kombu
+DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-pytz>=2021.3:../../time/py-pytz
+DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-setuptools>=59.1.1:../../devel/py-setuptools
 DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-vine>=5.0.0:../../devel/py-vine
-TEST_DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-case>=1.3.1:../../devel/py-case
-TEST_DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-test>=6.0:../../devel/py-test
+TEST_DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-boto3>=1.9.178:../../net/py-boto3
+TEST_DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-moto>=2.2.6:../../net/py-moto
+TEST_DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-msgpack-[0-9]*:../../devel/py-msgpack
+#TEST_DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-pre-commit-[0-9]*:../../wip/py-pre-commit
+TEST_DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-test>=6.2:../../devel/py-test
+TEST_DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-test-celery-[0-9]*:../../devel/py-test-celery
+TEST_DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-test-subtests-[0-9]*:../../devel/py-test-subtests
+TEST_DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-test-timeout-[0-9]*:../../devel/py-test-timeout
+# unlisted but needed
+TEST_DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-dns-[0-9]*:../../net/py-dns
+TEST_DEPENDS+=	${PYPKGPREFIX}-mongo-[0-9]*:../../databases/py-mongo
 
 USE_LANGUAGES=	# none
 
@@ -32,5 +41,8 @@ post-install:
 	cd ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin && \
 	${MV} celery celery-${PYVERSSUFFIX} || ${TRUE}
 
+# test status as of 5.2.3 with py-pre-commit
+# 1 failed, 2444 passed, 49 skipped, 3 xfailed, 30 warnings
+
 .include "../../lang/python/egg.mk"
 .include "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk"
diff --git a/net/py-celery/distinfo b/net/py-celery/distinfo
index 2e8bb79eee95..4ff99eba855b 100644
--- a/net/py-celery/distinfo
+++ b/net/py-celery/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.15 2021/10/26 11:06:35 nia Exp $
+$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.16 2022/02/15 16:24:56 wiz Exp $
 
-BLAKE2s (celery-5.1.2.tar.gz) = 76e9de1de9188c50b411bda429ddc0296220b4d67c74fd12a6b96a2d0b7bfa68
-SHA512 (celery-5.1.2.tar.gz) = c8f8d8dd4cc23a62ed3eea9b5388865993aee940730d4c672ae24c1b017466b0de6f422c7cb3b1bb2a4e33459a0d2447f9a42e59ee949fda56f3032298402a71
-Size (celery-5.1.2.tar.gz) = 1457540 bytes
+BLAKE2s (celery-5.2.3.tar.gz) = 7b69810bf388b118033cc909a0d6f79a4c37c0d5493eb70febdcd28bacce6098
+SHA512 (celery-5.2.3.tar.gz) = 9df7535b9a1e0120fe87f11f054c821e5f806b60833bda7dd37b850a3080b88798edfbeec1edcfb58aecc9c34406a32112f3e952e25cee3e5e79ae2f57ce0071
+Size (celery-5.2.3.tar.gz) = 1472455 bytes
+SHA1 (patch-requirements_default.txt) = a878a8bbd3ecc6e305cbcb7c8de2777ab0da1697
+SHA1 (patch-requirements_test.txt) = 7ef7e9a6a72fc19b547d073f9d9bf327959412a7
diff --git a/net/py-celery/patches/patch-requirements_default.txt b/net/py-celery/patches/patch-requirements_default.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8ae963424e91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/py-celery/patches/patch-requirements_default.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+$NetBSD: patch-requirements_default.txt,v 1.1 2022/02/15 16:24:57 wiz Exp $
+
+Relax restrictions.
+
+--- requirements/default.txt.orig	2021-12-29 05:23:30.000000000 +0000
++++ requirements/default.txt
+@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+ pytz>=2021.3
+-billiard>=3.6.4.0,<4.0
+-kombu>=5.2.3,<6.0
+-vine>=5.0.0,<6.0
+-click>=8.0.3,<9.0
++billiard>=3.6.4.0
++kombu>=5.2.3
++vine>=5.0.0
++click>=8.0.3
+ click-didyoumean>=0.0.3
+ click-repl>=0.2.0
+ click-plugins>=1.1.1
+-setuptools>=59.1.1,<59.7.0
++setuptools>=59.1.1
diff --git a/net/py-celery/patches/patch-requirements_test.txt b/net/py-celery/patches/patch-requirements_test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2280d599af4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/py-celery/patches/patch-requirements_test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+$NetBSD: patch-requirements_test.txt,v 1.4 2022/02/15 16:24:57 wiz Exp $
+
+Relax restrictions.
+
+--- requirements/test.txt.orig	2021-11-21 13:37:38.000000000 +0000
++++ requirements/test.txt
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+-pytest~=6.2
++pytest
+ pytest-celery
+ pytest-subtests
+-pytest-timeout~=1.4.2
++pytest-timeout
+ boto3>=1.9.178
+ moto>=2.2.6
+ pre-commit