diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 38f234893..7435e9ec7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ git+https://github.com/polm/spacy-legacy.git@feature/entity-linker-component-v1#
 spacy-loggers>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
 cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
 preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
-thinc>=8.1.0,<8.2.0
+# XXX TEMP FOR TESTING
+thinc==8.1.0
 ml_datasets>=0.2.0,<0.3.0
 murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
 wasabi>=0.9.1,<1.1.0