diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 80bb5905a..35ff96903 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ requires = ["setuptools",
             "cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0",
             "preshed>=2.0.1,<2.1.0",
             "murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0",
-            "thinc==7.0.0.dev6",
+            "thinc>=7.0.6,<7.1.0",
             ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 58761b95c..99935f335 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Our libraries
 cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
 preshed>=2.0.1,<2.1.0
-thinc>=7.0.5,<7.1.0
+thinc>=7.0.6,<7.1.0
 blis>=0.2.2,<0.3.0
 murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
 wasabi>=0.2.0,<1.1.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 544188f4a..4d6416cad 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def setup_package():
                 "murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0",
                 "cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0",
                 "preshed>=2.0.1,<2.1.0",
-                "thinc>=7.0.2,<7.1.0",
+                "thinc>=7.0.6,<7.1.0",
                 "blis>=0.2.2,<0.3.0",
                 "plac<1.0.0,>=0.9.6",
                 "requests>=2.13.0,<3.0.0",