diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3b973098d..d3fb69b76 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ requires = [
     "murmurhash>=1.0.2,<1.1.0",
     "cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0",
     "preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0",
-    "blis>=0.9.0,<0.10.0",
+    "blis>=0.7.8,<0.8.0",
     "numpy>=1.15.0",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5f35d8e91..02817ca87 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 murmurhash>=1.0.2,<1.1.0
 cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
 preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
-blis>=0.9.0,<0.10.0
+blis>=0.7.8,<0.8.0
 srsly>=2.4.0,<3.0.0
 wasabi>=0.8.1,<1.1.0
 catalogue>=2.0.4,<2.1.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index adc3dac92..0da060213 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ setup_requires =
     cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
     preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0
     murmurhash>=1.0.2,<1.1.0
-    blis>=0.9.0,<0.10.0
+    blis>=0.7.8,<0.8.0
 install_requires =
     # Explosion-provided dependencies
-    blis>=0.9.0,<0.10.0
+    blis>=0.7.8,<0.8.0
     murmurhash>=1.0.2,<1.1.0
     cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0
     preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0