diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/blis/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/blis/default.nix
index e038e07507a..6afbe0e2f5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/blis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/blis/default.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "blis";
-  version = "0.2.4";
+  version = "0.4.0";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0c5hd0bim9134sk8wb31cqzvi9c380rbl5zwjiwrq8nnix8a2k1d";
+    sha256 = "1khh02z6wryrnrxlx2wrxzhaqsg5hlgypy0643rvi4zcqanvdpym";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "BLAS-like linear algebra library";
     homepage = https://github.com/explosion/cython-blis;
-    license = licenses.mit;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ danieldk ];
-    };
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix
index 441c656a0e1..a37f7548219 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   prePatch = ''
     substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace "plac<1.0.0,>=0.9.6" "plac>=0.9.6"
+      --replace "plac<1.0.0,>=0.9.6" "plac>=0.9.6" \
+      --replace "thinc>=7.0.8,<7.1.0" "thinc>=7.0.8" \
+      --replace "blis>=0.2.2,<0.3.0" "blis>=0.2.2"
   '';
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/thinc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/thinc/default.nix
index 945da85b9fa..83c9d8f81b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/thinc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/thinc/default.nix
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "thinc";
-  version = "7.0.8";
+  version = "7.1.0";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "191admjvhqsbxpqn73q42i0i8kvlblj0k6p0z9p7n3pcxzl75nsw";
+    sha256 = "0j2nfzz154j9331gzwa5rmc2f5ljjan728rhgsx6c7jwg323mmsa";
   };
 
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [