diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pandas/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pandas/template
index 2831b6e56f1..0f102b55707 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pandas/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pandas/template
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ pkgname=python3-pandas
 version=2.0.3
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython python3-numpy python3-versioneer"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython0.29 python3-numpy
+ python3-versioneer"
 makedepends="python3-devel python3-numpy python3-dateutil python3-pytz"
 depends="python3-numpy python3-dateutil python3-pytz"
 short_desc="Python3 data analysis library"