diff --git a/requirements-docs.txt b/requirements-docs.txt
index 80f38e5f..9c3cef5e 100644
--- a/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jinja2==2.10
 jmespath==0.9.3
 josepy==1.1.0
 jsonlines==1.2.0
-kombu==4.2.2
+kombu==4.2.1		# 4.2.2 was broken sirferl
 lockfile==0.12.2
 mako==1.0.7
 markupsafe==1.1.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e88bcb90..c1658efc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jinja2==2.10
 jmespath==0.9.3           # via boto3, botocore
 josepy==1.1.0             # via acme
 jsonlines==1.2.0          # via cloudflare
-kombu==4.2.2              # via celery
+kombu==4.2.1              # via celery - 4.2.2. was removed sirferl
 lockfile==0.12.2
 mako==1.0.7               # via alembic
 markupsafe==1.1.0         # via jinja2, mako