diff --git a/requirements/common.in b/requirements/common.in
index 65a4217032..910f86426d 100644
--- a/requirements/common.in
+++ b/requirements/common.in
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ markdown-include
 mock
 
 # Needed to access rabbitmq
-pika==0.13.*  # https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues/12899
+pika
 
 # Needed to access our database
 psycopg2 --no-binary psycopg2
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index c41e0edbde..25e68f82e5 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -517,9 +517,9 @@ pickleshare==0.7.5 \
     --hash=sha256:87683d47965c1da65cdacaf31c8441d12b8044cdec9aca500cd78fc2c683afca \
     --hash=sha256:9649af414d74d4df115d5d718f82acb59c9d418196b7b4290ed47a12ce62df56 \
     # via ipython
-pika==0.13.1 \
-    --hash=sha256:b0640085f1d6398fd47bb16a17713053e26578192821ea5d928772b8e6a28789 \
-    --hash=sha256:b785e0d5f74a94781bd7d020862eb137d2b56cef2a21475aadbe5bcc8ec4db15
+pika==1.1.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:4e1a1a6585a41b2341992ec32aadb7a919d649eb82904fd8e4a4e0871c8cf3af \
+    --hash=sha256:9fa76ba4b65034b878b2b8de90ff8660a59d925b087c5bb88f8fdbb4b64a1dbf
 pillow==6.2.1 \
     --hash=sha256:047d9473cf68af50ac85f8ee5d5f21a60f849bc17d348da7fc85711287a75031 \
     --hash=sha256:0f66dc6c8a3cc319561a633b6aa82c44107f12594643efa37210d8c924fc1c71 \
diff --git a/requirements/prod.txt b/requirements/prod.txt
index f5232a6832..1002fa6945 100644
--- a/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -343,9 +343,9 @@ pickleshare==0.7.5 \
     --hash=sha256:87683d47965c1da65cdacaf31c8441d12b8044cdec9aca500cd78fc2c683afca \
     --hash=sha256:9649af414d74d4df115d5d718f82acb59c9d418196b7b4290ed47a12ce62df56 \
     # via ipython
-pika==0.13.1 \
-    --hash=sha256:b0640085f1d6398fd47bb16a17713053e26578192821ea5d928772b8e6a28789 \
-    --hash=sha256:b785e0d5f74a94781bd7d020862eb137d2b56cef2a21475aadbe5bcc8ec4db15
+pika==1.1.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:4e1a1a6585a41b2341992ec32aadb7a919d649eb82904fd8e4a4e0871c8cf3af \
+    --hash=sha256:9fa76ba4b65034b878b2b8de90ff8660a59d925b087c5bb88f8fdbb4b64a1dbf
 pillow==6.2.1 \
     --hash=sha256:047d9473cf68af50ac85f8ee5d5f21a60f849bc17d348da7fc85711287a75031 \
     --hash=sha256:0f66dc6c8a3cc319561a633b6aa82c44107f12594643efa37210d8c924fc1c71 \
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 7ffe8fb0e8..71ffc3ae49 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ LATEST_RELEASE_ANNOUNCEMENT = "https://blog.zulip.org/2019/03/01/zulip-2-0-relea
 #   historical commits sharing the same major version, in which case a
 #   minor version bump suffices.
 
-PROVISION_VERSION = '60.1'
+PROVISION_VERSION = '61.0'
diff --git a/zerver/lib/queue.py b/zerver/lib/queue.py
index 1c2113bc34..253093c7ae 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/queue.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/queue.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class SimpleQueueClient:
         credentials = pika.PlainCredentials(settings.RABBITMQ_USERNAME,
                                             settings.RABBITMQ_PASSWORD)
         return pika.ConnectionParameters(settings.RABBITMQ_HOST,
-                                         heartbeat_interval=self.rabbitmq_heartbeat,
+                                         heartbeat=self.rabbitmq_heartbeat,
                                          credentials=credentials)
 
     def _generate_ctag(self, queue_name: str) -> str:
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ class SimpleQueueClient:
 
     def _reconnect_consumer_callback(self, queue: str, consumer: Consumer) -> None:
         self.log.info("Queue reconnecting saved consumer %s to queue %s" % (consumer, queue))
-        self.ensure_queue(queue, lambda: self.channel.basic_consume(consumer,
-                                                                    queue=queue,
+        self.ensure_queue(queue, lambda: self.channel.basic_consume(queue,
+                                                                    consumer,
                                                                     consumer_tag=self._generate_ctag(queue)))
 
     def _reconnect_consumer_callbacks(self) -> None:
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class SimpleQueueClient:
 
         self.consumers[queue_name].add(wrapped_consumer)
         self.ensure_queue(queue_name,
-                          lambda: self.channel.basic_consume(wrapped_consumer, queue=queue_name,
+                          lambda: self.channel.basic_consume(queue_name, wrapped_consumer,
                                                              consumer_tag=self._generate_ctag(queue_name)))
 
     def register_json_consumer(self, queue_name: str,
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class TornadoQueueClient(SimpleQueueClient):
 
         self.consumers[queue_name].add(wrapped_consumer)
         self.ensure_queue(queue_name,
-                          lambda: self.channel.basic_consume(wrapped_consumer, queue=queue_name,
+                          lambda: self.channel.basic_consume(queue_name, wrapped_consumer,
                                                              consumer_tag=self._generate_ctag(queue_name)))
 
 queue_client = None  # type: Optional[SimpleQueueClient]
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_queue.py b/zerver/tests/test_queue.py
index d451bb71c0..633f6fbc19 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_queue.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_queue.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class TestTornadoQueueClient(ZulipTestCase):
     def test_on_open_closed(self, mock_cxn: mock.MagicMock,
                             mock_get_logger: mock.MagicMock) -> None:
         connection = TornadoQueueClient()
-        connection.connection.channel.side_effect = ConnectionClosed
+        connection.connection.channel.side_effect = ConnectionClosed('500', 'test')
         connection._on_open(mock.MagicMock())