diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index cebdde69fb..439c23783b 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_LIVE_TEST_SERVER_ADDRESS', 'localhost:9013-9199')
 # Initialize Django-Celery.
 djcelery.setup_loader()
 
-BROKER_URL = 'redis://localhost/'
+BROKER_URL = 'amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672//'
 CELERY_DEFAULT_QUEUE = 'default'
 CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER = 'json'
 CELERY_RESULT_SERIALIZER = 'json'
diff --git a/awx/settings/local_settings.py.example b/awx/settings/local_settings.py.example
index 20217fa538..e731acc8b1 100644
--- a/awx/settings/local_settings.py.example
+++ b/awx/settings/local_settings.py.example
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if is_testing(sys.argv):
     MONGO_DB = 'system_tracking_test'
 
 # Celery AMQP configuration.
-BROKER_URL = 'redis://localhost/'
+BROKER_URL = 'amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672'
 
 # Set True to enable additional logging from the job_event_callback plugin
 JOB_CALLBACK_DEBUG = False