diff --git a/base_requirements.txt b/base_requirements.txt
index 76955a6e1..aba5ad0d2 100644
--- a/base_requirements.txt
+++ b/base_requirements.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ PyYAML
 # https://github.com/psf/requests/blob/main/HISTORY.md
 requests
 
+# rq
+# https://github.com/rq/rq/blob/master/CHANGES.md
+rq<=2.0
+
 # Social authentication framework
 # https://github.com/python-social-auth/social-core/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
 social-auth-core
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3b9c68969..5a2e3d2b0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Pillow==10.4.0
 psycopg[c,pool]==3.2.3
 PyYAML==6.0.2
 requests==2.32.3
+rq==1.16.2
 social-auth-app-django==5.4.2
 social-auth-core==4.5.4
 strawberry-graphql==0.246.2