diff --git a/python-av.changes b/python-av.changes
index 0c01373..bb298ff 100644
--- a/python-av.changes
+++ b/python-av.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Aug 13 19:36:51 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- restrict to older Cython bindings version 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 29 04:51:43 UTC 2023 - Mia Herkt <mia@0x0.st>
 
diff --git a/python-av.spec b/python-av.spec
index 9a8cc55..073c450 100644
--- a/python-av.spec
+++ b/python-av.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Summary:        Python bindings for FFmpeg's libraries
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 URL:            https://github.com/PyAV-Org/PyAV
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/a/av/av-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module Cython}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module Cython with %python-Cython < 3}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}