diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ef5d4c8..97961c3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@
     keywords=["fuzzy matching"],
     install_requires=["numpy>=1.20.0",
                       "lapjv>=1.3.14,<2.0",
-                      "thefuzz>=0.18.0,<2.0",
+                      "rapidfuzz>=2.0.0,<3.0",
                       "unidecode>=1.0.0,<2.0",
-                      "levenshtein>=0.12,<0.20",
                       ],
     tests_require=[],
     package_data={