diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bea699ac7..e7b41fda4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ spacy-loggers>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
 cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
 preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
 # XXX TEMP FOR TESTING
-thinc==8.1.0
+thinc>=8.1.0,<8.2.0
 ml_datasets>=0.2.0,<0.3.0
 murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
 wasabi>=0.9.1,<1.2.0