diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b61715a8f..9f01c215f 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>=8.2.2,<8.3.0
+thinc>=9.0.0,<10.0.0
 ml_datasets>=0.2.0,<0.3.0
 murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
 wasabi>=0.9.1,<1.2.0