diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a6d721e96..865288a86 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Our libraries
 cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
 preshed>=2.0.1,<2.1.0
-thinc>=7.0.8,<7.1.0
-blis>=0.2.2,<0.3.0
+thinc>=7.1.0,<7.2.0
+blis>=0.4.0,<0.5.0
 murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
 wasabi>=0.2.0,<1.1.0
 srsly>=0.1.0,<1.1.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1d2aa084b..783433611 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ def setup_package():
                 "cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0",
                 "preshed>=2.0.1,<2.1.0",
                 "thinc>=7.0.8,<7.1.0",
-                "blis>=0.2.2,<0.3.0",
+                "blis>=0.4.0,<0.5.0",
                 "plac<1.0.0,>=0.9.6",
                 "requests>=2.13.0,<3.0.0",
                 "wasabi>=0.2.0,<1.1.0",