diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index a93c8a367..64e938992 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -37,40 +37,39 @@ jobs:
         Python36Linux:
           imageName: "ubuntu-16.04"
           python.version: "3.6"
-        Python36Windows:
+#        Python36Windows:
+#          imageName: "vs2017-win2016"
+#          python.version: "3.6"
+#        Python36Mac:
+#          imageName: "macos-10.14"
+#          python.version: "3.6"
+#        Python37Linux:
+#          imageName: "ubuntu-16.04"
+#          python.version: "3.7"
+        Python37Windows:
           imageName: "vs2017-win2016"
-          python.version: "3.6"
-        Python36Mac:
-          imageName: "macos-10.14"
-          python.version: "3.6"
-        # Don't test on 3.7 for now to speed up builds
-        # Python37Linux:
-        #   imageName: 'ubuntu-16.04'
-        #   python.version: '3.7'
-        # Python37Windows:
-        #   imageName: 'vs2017-win2016'
-        #   python.version: '3.7'
-        # Python37Mac:
-        #   imageName: 'macos-10.14'
-        #   python.version: '3.7'
-        Python38Linux:
-          imageName: "ubuntu-16.04"
-          python.version: "3.8"
-        Python38Windows:
-          imageName: "vs2017-win2016"
-          python.version: "3.8"
+          python.version: "3.7"
+#        Python37Mac:
+#          imageName: "macos-10.14"
+#          python.version: "3.7"
+#        Python38Linux:
+#          imageName: "ubuntu-16.04"
+#          python.version: "3.8"
+#        Python38Windows:
+#          imageName: "vs2017-win2016"
+#          python.version: "3.8"
         Python38Mac:
           imageName: "macos-10.14"
           python.version: "3.8"
-        # Python39Linux:
-        #   imageName: "ubuntu-16.04"
-        #   python.version: "3.9"
-        # Python39Windows:
-        #   imageName: "vs2017-win2016"
-        #   python.version: "3.9"
-        # Python39Mac:
-        #   imageName: "macos-10.14"
-        #   python.version: "3.9"
+        Python39Linux:
+          imageName: "ubuntu-16.04"
+          python.version: "3.9"
+        Python39Windows:
+          imageName: "vs2017-win2016"
+          python.version: "3.9"
+        Python39Mac:
+          imageName: "macos-10.14"
+          python.version: "3.9"
       maxParallel: 4
     pool:
       vmImage: $(imageName)
@@ -82,13 +81,12 @@ jobs:
           architecture: "x64"
 
       - script: |
-          python -m pip install -U pip setuptools
+          python -m pip install -U setuptools
           pip install -r requirements.txt
         displayName: "Install dependencies"
-        condition: not(eq(variables['python.version'], '3.5'))
 
       - script: |
-          python setup.py build_ext --inplace -j 2
+          python setup.py build_ext --inplace
           python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar
         displayName: "Compile and build sdist"
 
@@ -106,7 +104,6 @@ jobs:
           SDIST=$(python -c "import os;print(os.listdir('./dist')[-1])" 2>&1)
           pip install dist/$SDIST
         displayName: "Install from sdist"
-        condition: not(eq(variables['python.version'], '3.5'))
 
       - script: |
           pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b8de9f426..ecc44556e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,12 +5,9 @@ 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'",
-    "numpy==1.17.3; python_version=='3.8'",
-    "numpy==1.19.3; python_version=='3.9'",
-    "numpy; python_version>='3.10'",
+    "numpy>=1.15.0",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
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
diff --git a/spacy/about.py b/spacy/about.py
index 24a3ead22..154b7c40c 100644
--- a/spacy/about.py
+++ b/spacy/about.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # fmt: off
 __title__ = "spacy-nightly"
-__version__ = "3.0.0rc2"
+__version__ = "3.0.0rc3"
 __download_url__ = "https://github.com/explosion/spacy-models/releases/download"
 __compatibility__ = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/explosion/spacy-models/master/compatibility.json"
 __projects__ = "https://github.com/explosion/projects"