diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b59ba8f08..1dfa10ba3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "rich>=12.0.0",
     "scikit-learn>=1.0.0",
     "spacy>=3.1,<3.5.0",
-    "thinc>=8.0.14,<8.1.11",
+    "thinc>=8.0.14,<8.0.17",
     "tqdm",
     "umls-downloader>=0.1.1",
     "numpy>=1.15.0,<1.23.2; python_version<'3.8'",