diff --git a/.github/workflows/cibuildwheel.yml b/.github/workflows/cibuildwheel.yml
index c5676ce49..c1f5e716d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cibuildwheel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cibuildwheel.yml
@@ -14,14 +14,21 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # macos-13 is an intel runner, macos-14 is apple silicon
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-13]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-13, macos-14]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # aarch64 (arm) is built via qemu emulation
+      # QEMU is sadly too slow. We need to wait for public ARM support
+      #- name: Set up QEMU
+      #  if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+      #  uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+      #  with:
+      #    platforms: all
       - name: Build wheels
         uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.19.1
         env:
-          CIBW_SOME_OPTION: value
+          CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: auto
         with:
           package-dir: .
           output-dir: wheelhouse
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 07ffe1677..2edbadefc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ requires = [
     "cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0",
     "preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0",
     "murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0",
-    "thinc>=8.2.2,<8.3.0",
-    "numpy>=1.15.0; python_version < '3.9'",
-    "numpy>=1.25.0; python_version >= '3.9'",
+    "thinc>=8.3.0,<8.4.0",
+    "numpy>=2.0.0,<2.1.0; python_version < '3.9'",
+    "numpy>=2.0.0,<2.1.0; python_version >= '3.9'",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel]
 build = "*"
-skip = "pp* cp36* cp37* cp38* *-win32"
+skip = "pp* cp36* cp37* cp38* *-win32 *i686*"
 test-skip = ""
 free-threaded-support = false
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7e7144d53..b61715a8f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ catalogue>=2.0.6,<2.1.0
 typer>=0.3.0,<1.0.0
 weasel>=0.1.0,<0.5.0
 # Third party dependencies
-numpy>=1.15.0; python_version < "3.9"
-numpy>=1.19.0; python_version >= "3.9"
+numpy>=2.0.0; python_version < "3.9"
+numpy>=2.0.0; python_version >= "3.9"
 requests>=2.13.0,<3.0.0
 tqdm>=4.38.0,<5.0.0
 pydantic>=1.7.4,!=1.8,!=1.8.1,<3.0.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2917f67ed..855b7e683 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ python_requires = >=3.7
 # spaCy v4
 setup_requires =
     cython>=0.25,<3.0
-    numpy>=1.15.0; python_version < "3.9"
-    numpy>=1.19.0; python_version >= "3.9"
+    numpy>=2.0.0,<2.1.0; python_version < "3.9"
+    numpy>=2.0.0,<2.1.0; python_version >= "3.9"
     # We also need our Cython packages here to compile against
     cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
     preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
     murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
-    thinc>=8.2.2,<8.3.0
+    thinc>=8.3.0,<8.4.0
 install_requires =
     # Our libraries
     spacy-legacy>=3.0.11,<3.1.0
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ install_requires =
     murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
     cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
     preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
-    thinc>=8.2.2,<8.3.0
+    thinc>=8.3.0,<8.4.0
     wasabi>=0.9.1,<1.2.0
     srsly>=2.4.3,<3.0.0
     catalogue>=2.0.6,<2.1.0
diff --git a/spacy/about.py b/spacy/about.py
index 942a73194..caed57e1c 100644
--- a/spacy/about.py
+++ b/spacy/about.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # fmt: off
 __title__ = "spacy"
-__version__ = "3.8.0.dev0"
+__version__ = "3.9.0"
 __download_url__ = "https://github.com/explosion/spacy-models/releases/download"
 __compatibility__ = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/explosion/spacy-models/master/compatibility.json"