diff --git a/awx/lib/site-packages/README b/awx/lib/site-packages/README
index 3f7a0939df..f96119c3cc 100644
--- a/awx/lib/site-packages/README
+++ b/awx/lib/site-packages/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Local versions of third-party packages required by Tower.  Package names and
 versions are listed below, along with notes on which files are included.
 
-amqp==1.4.4 (amqp/*)
+amqp==1.4.5 (amqp/*)
 ansi2html==1.0.6 (ansi2html/*)
 anyjson==0.3.3 (anyjson/*)
 argparse==1.2.1 (argparse.py, needed for Python 2.6 support)
diff --git a/awx/lib/site-packages/amqp/__init__.py b/awx/lib/site-packages/amqp/__init__.py
index 04882736fb..3bd57c9a9e 100644
--- a/awx/lib/site-packages/amqp/__init__.py
+++ b/awx/lib/site-packages/amqp/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-VERSION = (1, 4, 4)
+VERSION = (1, 4, 5)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, VERSION[0:3])) + ''.join(VERSION[3:])
 __author__ = 'Barry Pederson'
 __maintainer__ = 'Ask Solem'
diff --git a/awx/lib/site-packages/amqp/serialization.py b/awx/lib/site-packages/amqp/serialization.py
index 528d0b7fe1..4ad1b06905 100644
--- a/awx/lib/site-packages/amqp/serialization.py
+++ b/awx/lib/site-packages/amqp/serialization.py
@@ -144,25 +144,62 @@ class AMQPReader(object):
 
     def read_item(self):
         ftype = ord(self.input.read(1))
-        if ftype == 83:  # 'S'
+
+        # 'S': long string
+        if ftype == 83:
             val = self.read_longstr()
-        elif ftype == 73:  # 'I'
-            val = unpack('>i', self.input.read(4))[0]
-        elif ftype == 68:  # 'D'
-            d = self.read_octet()
-            n = unpack('>i', self.input.read(4))[0]
-            val = Decimal(n) / Decimal(10 ** d)
-        elif ftype == 84:  # 'T'
-            val = self.read_timestamp()
-        elif ftype == 70:  # 'F'
-            val = self.read_table()  # recurse
-        elif ftype == 65:  # 'A'
-            val = self.read_array()
-        elif ftype == 116:
-            val = self.read_bit()
+        # 's': short string
+        elif ftype == 115:
+            val = self.read_shortstr()
+        # 'b': short-short int
+        elif ftype == 98:
+            val, = unpack('>B', self.input.read(1))
+        # 'B': short-short unsigned int
+        elif ftype == 66:
+            val, = unpack('>b', self.input.read(1))
+        # 'U': short int
+        elif ftype == 85:
+            val, = unpack('>h', self.input.read(2))
+        # 'u': short unsigned int
+        elif ftype == 117:
+            val, = unpack('>H', self.input.read(2))
+        # 'I': long int
+        elif ftype == 73:
+            val, = unpack('>i', self.input.read(4))
+        # 'i': long unsigned int
+        elif ftype == 105:  # 'l'
+            val, = unpack('>I', self.input.read(4))
+        # 'L': long long int
+        elif ftype == 76:
+            val, = unpack('>q', self.input.read(8))
+        # 'l': long long unsigned int
+        elif ftype == 108:
+            val, = unpack('>Q', self.input.read(8))
+        # 'f': float
+        elif ftype == 102:
+            val, = unpack('>f', self.input.read(4))
+        # 'd': double
         elif ftype == 100:
             val = self.read_float()
-        elif ftype == 86:  # 'V'
+        # 'D': decimal
+        elif ftype == 68:
+            d = self.read_octet()
+            n, = unpack('>i', self.input.read(4))
+            val = Decimal(n) / Decimal(10 ** d)
+        # 'F': table
+        elif ftype == 70:
+            val = self.read_table()  # recurse
+        # 'A': array
+        elif ftype == 65:
+            val = self.read_array()
+        # 't' (bool)
+        elif ftype == 116:
+            val = self.read_bit()
+        # 'T': timestamp
+        elif ftype == 84:
+            val = self.read_timestamp()
+        # 'V': void
+        elif ftype == 86:
             val = None
         else:
             raise FrameSyntaxError(
diff --git a/awx/lib/site-packages/amqp/transport.py b/awx/lib/site-packages/amqp/transport.py
index 8acdd4afc6..eac3dbcca5 100644
--- a/awx/lib/site-packages/amqp/transport.py
+++ b/awx/lib/site-packages/amqp/transport.py
@@ -109,9 +109,13 @@ class _AbstractTransport(object):
 
     def __del__(self):
         try:
-            self.close()
-        except socket.error:
-            pass
+            # socket module may have been collected by gc
+            # if this is called by a thread at shutdown.
+            if socket is not None:
+                try:
+                    self.close()
+                except socket.error:
+                    pass
         finally:
             self.sock = None
 
@@ -235,12 +239,17 @@ class SSLTransport(_AbstractTransport):
 
     def _write(self, s):
         """Write a string out to the SSL socket fully."""
-        write = self.sock.write
-        while s:
-            n = write(s)
-            if not n:
-                raise IOError('Socket closed')
-            s = s[n:]
+        try:
+            write = self.sock.write
+        except AttributeError:
+            # Works around a bug in python socket library
+            raise IOError('Socket closed')
+        else:
+            while s:
+                n = write(s)
+                if not n:
+                    raise IOError('Socket closed')
+                s = s[n:]
 
 
 class TCPTransport(_AbstractTransport):