diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8fea3253b..5c3ed9981 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Our libraries
 cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
 preshed>=3.0.0,<3.1.0
-thinc>=7.1.0,<7.2.0
+thinc>=7.1.1,<7.2.0
 blis>=0.4.0,<0.5.0
 murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
 wasabi>=0.2.0,<1.1.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ee60aa07f..f37c8783c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def setup_package():
                 "murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0",
                 "cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0",
                 "preshed>=3.0.0,<3.1.0",
-                "thinc>=7.1.0,<7.2.0",
+                "thinc>=7.1.1,<7.2.0",
                 "blis>=0.4.0,<0.5.0",
                 "plac<1.0.0,>=0.9.6",
                 "requests>=2.13.0,<3.0.0",