diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-shapely/template b/srcpkgs/python3-shapely/template
index 02447337f9a..25711a7fc23 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-shapely/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-shapely/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=2.0.1
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 build_helper=numpy
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython geos"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython0.29 geos"
 makedepends="python3-devel python3-numpy geos-devel"
 depends="python3"
 checkdepends="python3-pytest-xdist"