diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index de6b7c562d..4de65d3869 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT = ['json']
 CELERY_TRACK_STARTED = True
 CELERYD_TASK_TIME_LIMIT = None
 CELERYD_TASK_SOFT_TIME_LIMIT = None
-CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULER = 'djcelery.schedulers.DatabaseScheduler'
+CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULER = 'celery.beat.PersistentScheduler'
 CELERYBEAT_MAX_LOOP_INTERVAL = 60
 CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = 'djcelery.backends.database:DatabaseBackend'
 CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE = {