diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a6ababf3..827e2a797 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ requires = [
     "cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0",
     "preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0",
     "murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0",
-    "thinc==7.4.0.dev0",
+    "thinc==7.4.0",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4f0579313..e908e25f8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Our libraries
 cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
 preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
-thinc==7.4.0.dev0
+thinc==7.4.0
 blis>=0.4.0,<0.5.0
 murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
 wasabi>=0.4.0,<1.1.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 12d7a2e63..1429c77ac 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ setup_requires =
     cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
     preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
     murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
-    thinc==7.4.0.dev0
+    thinc==7.4.0
 install_requires =
     # Our libraries
     murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
     cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
     preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
-    thinc==7.4.0.dev0
+    thinc==7.4.0
     blis>=0.4.0,<0.5.0
     wasabi>=0.4.0,<1.1.0
     srsly>=1.0.1,<1.1.0
diff --git a/spacy/about.py b/spacy/about.py
index a1880fb54..365c2adbb 100644
--- a/spacy/about.py
+++ b/spacy/about.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # fmt: off
 __title__ = "spacy"
-__version__ = "2.2.3"
+__version__ = "2.2.4.dev0"
 __release__ = True
 __download_url__ = "https://github.com/explosion/spacy-models/releases/download"
 __compatibility__ = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/explosion/spacy-models/master/compatibility.json"