diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b8de9f426..098e0abd9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ requires = [
     "cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0",
     "preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0",
     "murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0",
-    "thinc>=8.0.0rc2,<8.1.0",
+    "thinc>=8.0.0rc3,<8.1.0",
     "blis>=0.4.0,<0.8.0",
     "pathy",
     "numpy==1.15.0; python_version<='3.7'",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 44f53bdb4..641c04a62 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Our libraries
 cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
 preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
-thinc>=8.0.0rc2,<8.1.0
+thinc>=8.0.0rc3,<8.1.0
 blis>=0.4.0,<0.8.0
 ml_datasets==0.2.0a0
 murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pathy
 numpy>=1.15.0
 requests>=2.13.0,<3.0.0
 tqdm>=4.38.0,<5.0.0
-pydantic>=1.5.0,<1.7.0
+pydantic>=1.7.1,<1.8.0
 jinja2
 # Official Python utilities
 setuptools
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a0e942be8..ac4ab21c9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ setup_requires =
     cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
     preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
     murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
-    thinc>=8.0.0rc2,<8.1.0
+    thinc>=8.0.0rc3,<8.1.0
 install_requires =
     # Our libraries
     murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0
     cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
     preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
-    thinc>=8.0.0rc2,<8.1.0
+    thinc>=8.0.0rc3,<8.1.0
     blis>=0.4.0,<0.8.0
     wasabi>=0.8.0,<1.1.0
     srsly>=2.3.0,<3.0.0
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ install_requires =
     tqdm>=4.38.0,<5.0.0
     numpy>=1.15.0
     requests>=2.13.0,<3.0.0
-    pydantic>=1.5.0,<1.7.0
+    pydantic>=1.7.1,<1.8.0
     jinja2
     # Official Python utilities
     setuptools