diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ecc44556e..3113cf6c5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ requires = [
     "cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0",
     "preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0",
     "murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0",
-    "thinc>=8.0.0rc3,<8.1.0",
+    "thinc>=8.0.0,<8.1.0",
     "blis>=0.4.0,<0.8.0",
     "pathy",
     "numpy>=1.15.0",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 47dc54da6..72f6b001f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 spacy-legacy>=3.0.0.dev0,<3.1.0
 cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
 preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
-thinc>=8.0.0rc3,<8.1.0
+thinc>=8.0.0,<8.1.0
 blis>=0.4.0,<0.8.0
 ml_datasets==0.2.0a0
 murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 588155308..b753763f4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ setup_requires =
     cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
     preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
     murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
-    thinc>=8.0.0rc3,<8.1.0
+    thinc>=8.0.0,<8.1.0
 install_requires =
     # Our libraries
     spacy-legacy>=3.0.0.dev0,<3.1.0
     murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
     cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
     preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
-    thinc>=8.0.0rc3,<8.1.0
+    thinc>=8.0.0,<8.1.0
     blis>=0.4.0,<0.8.0
     wasabi>=0.8.0,<1.1.0
     srsly>=2.3.0,<3.0.0