diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 349cb186a..ed999c1a2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ numpy>=1.15.0
 msgpack-numpy<0.4.4.0
 cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
 preshed>=2.0.1,<2.1.0
-thinc>=6.10.6,<6.11.0
+thinc>=6.12.0,<6.13.0
 murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
 plac<1.0.0,>=0.9.6
 ujson>=1.35
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a1d0fe62b..c8be6613e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def setup_package():
                 'murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0',
                 'cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0',
                 'preshed>=2.0.1,<2.1.0',
-                'thinc>=6.10.6,<6.11.0',
+                'thinc>=6.12.0,<6.13.0',
                 'plac<1.0.0,>=0.9.6',
                 'ujson>=1.35',
                 'dill>=0.2,<0.3',