diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1a9eecb86..63f985b9e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ srsly>=0.1.0,<1.1.0
 # Third party dependencies
 numpy>=1.15.0
 requests>=2.13.0,<3.0.0
-plac<1.0.0,>=0.9.6
+plac>=0.9.6,<1.2.0,
 pathlib==1.0.1; python_version < "3.4"
 importlib_metadata>=0.20; python_version < "3.8"
 # Optional dependencies
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3b2d0e77e..796f4176a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ install_requires =
     preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
     thinc>=7.2.0,<7.3.0
     blis>=0.4.0,<0.5.0
-    plac<1.0.0,>=0.9.6
+    plac>=0.9.6,<1.2.0
     requests>=2.13.0,<3.0.0
     wasabi>=0.2.0,<1.1.0
     srsly>=0.1.0,<1.1.0