diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 66a06c1d9..592156bd3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ requires = [
     "cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0",
     "preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0",
     "murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0",
-    "thinc==8.0.0a9",
+    "thinc==8.0.0a11",
     "blis>=0.4.0,<0.5.0"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"