diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 498a72b15..bb5531f14 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cython
 cymem == 1.11
 pathlib
 preshed == 0.37
-thinc == 2.0
+thinc == 3.0
 murmurhash == 0.24
 unidecode
 numpy
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 24b88dea9..5e2c9f480 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def run_setup(exts):
         ext_modules=exts,
         license="Dual: Commercial or AGPL",
         install_requires=['numpy', 'murmurhash', 'cymem >= 1.11', 'preshed == 0.37',
-                          'thinc == 2.0', "unidecode", 'wget', 'plac', 'six',
+                          'thinc == 3.0', "unidecode", 'wget', 'plac', 'six',
                           'ujson'],
         setup_requires=["headers_workaround"],
     )