diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 783433611..1d13bfd10 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ 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>=7.0.8,<7.1.0",
+                "thinc>=7.1.0,<7.2.0",
                 "blis>=0.4.0,<0.5.0",
                 "plac<1.0.0,>=0.9.6",
                 "requests>=2.13.0,<3.0.0",