diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 07019a48f..5e9388f58 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 cython>=0.24,<0.28.0
 numpy>=1.15.0
-msgpack-numpy<0.4.4.0
 cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
 preshed>=2.0.1,<2.1.0
-thinc>=6.12.0,<6.13.0
+thinc>=6.12.1,<6.13.0
 murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
 plac<1.0.0,>=0.9.6
 ujson>=1.35
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9d9ee8d37..e8bf9e8fa 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -188,11 +188,10 @@ def setup_package():
             setup_requires=['wheel>=0.32.0,<0.33.0'],
             install_requires=[
                 'numpy>=1.15.0',
-                'msgpack-numpy<0.4.4',
                 'murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0',
                 'cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0',
                 'preshed>=2.0.1,<2.1.0',
-                'thinc>=6.12.0,<6.13.0',
+                'thinc>=6.12.1,<6.13.0',
                 'plac<1.0.0,>=0.9.6',
                 'ujson>=1.35',
                 'dill>=0.2,<0.3',