diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8b29a315d..fd7af38e6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cython
 cymem == 1.30
 pathlib
 preshed == 0.45
-thinc == 4.0
+thinc == 4.1.0
 murmurhash == 0.26
 text-unidecode
 numpy
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3e47e2d4a..db4b97765 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def setup_package():
             license='MIT',
             ext_modules=ext_modules,
             install_requires=['numpy', 'murmurhash == 0.26', 'cymem == 1.30', 'preshed == 0.45',
-                              'thinc == 4.0.0', 'text_unidecode', 'plac', 'six',
+                              'thinc == 4.1.0', 'text_unidecode', 'plac', 'six',
                               'ujson', 'cloudpickle', 'sputnik == 0.6.2'],
             cmdclass = {
                 'build_ext': build_ext_subclass},