diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index af67a7a1..00389093 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ whitenoise = "*"
 gunicorn = "*"
 django-compressor = "*"
 httptools = "*"
-django-background-tasks = "*"
+django-background-tasks = "==1.2.5"
 django-basicauth = "*"
 psycopg2-binary = "*"
 mysqlclient = "*"