diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 921f17b7..e02c8c9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run DB Migrations
         run:  docker compose -f local.yml run --rm django python manage.py migrate
 
+      - name: Check Celery Redis Transport
+        run: |
+          docker compose -f local.yml run --rm django python -c '
+          from config.celery_app import app
+
+          with app.connection_for_write() as connection:
+              connection.ensure_connection(max_retries=0)
+              connection.channel()
+          '
+
       - name: Run Django Tests
         run:  docker compose -f local.yml run django pytest
 
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 2cf8ecc4..0939859f 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ argon2-cffi==23.1.0  # https://github.com/hynek/argon2_cffi
 whitenoise==6.6.0  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
 redis==5.0.1  # https://github.com/redis/redis-py
 hiredis==2.2.3  # https://github.com/redis/hiredis-py
-celery==5.3.6  # pyup: < 6.0  # https://github.com/celery/celery
+celery[redis]==5.3.6  # pyup: < 6.0  # https://github.com/celery/celery
+kombu[redis]==5.6.2  # https://github.com/celery/kombu
 flower==2.0.1  # https://github.com/mher/flower
 xmltodict==0.13.0  # https://github.com/martinblech/xmltodict.git