diff --git a/python-numpy.changes b/python-numpy.changes
index d9d5fad..e13fddd 100644
--- a/python-numpy.changes
+++ b/python-numpy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 14 11:41:16 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- limit to Cython < 3 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jun 23 12:23:14 UTC 2023 - Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
 
diff --git a/python-numpy.spec b/python-numpy.spec
index 12382d4..6107879 100644
--- a/python-numpy.spec
+++ b/python-numpy.spec
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Patch1:         numpy-1.9.0-remove-__declspec.patch
 Patch2:         ignore-pkg_resources-deprecation.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE Do not call a deprecated hypothesis health check function
 Patch3:         remove-deprecated-hypothesis-funcs.patch
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module Cython >= 0.29.30}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module Cython >= 0.29.30 with %python-Cython < 3}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.8}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools >= 60.0.0}