diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 72f04dee3..837cf1fd8 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>=9.0.0.dev1,<9.1.0",
+    "thinc>=9.0.0.dev2,<9.1.0",
     "numpy>=1.15.0",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5c49f8d29..5a8b41aab 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ spacy-legacy>=3.0.11,<3.1.0
 spacy-loggers>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
 cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
 preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
-thinc>=9.0.0.dev1,<9.1.0
+thinc>=9.0.0.dev2,<9.1.0
 ml_datasets>=0.2.0,<0.3.0
 murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
 wasabi>=0.9.1,<1.2.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 82f5ee085..83a24cf1d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ install_requires =
     murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
     cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
     preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
-    thinc>=9.0.0.dev1,<9.1.0
+    thinc>=9.0.0.dev2,<9.1.0
     wasabi>=0.9.1,<1.2.0
     srsly>=2.4.3,<3.0.0
     catalogue>=2.0.6,<2.1.0