diff --git a/python-murmurhash.changes b/python-murmurhash.changes
index 89200cc..79ab9eb 100644
--- a/python-murmurhash.changes
+++ b/python-murmurhash.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 28 01:28:34 UTC 2023 - Greg Freemyer <Greg.Freemyer@gmail.com>
+
+- require python-cython version 3 or higher to ensure the most recent release is used 
+
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 Sun Aug 13 20:08:48 UTC 2023 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-murmurhash.spec b/python-murmurhash.spec
index 515e733..e278341 100644
--- a/python-murmurhash.spec
+++ b/python-murmurhash.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ Summary:        Cython bindings for MurmurHash
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/explosion/murmurhash
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/m/murmurhash/murmurhash-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module cython >= 0.25}
+# seledtion cython >= 3 is to prefer the latest release.  It may not be mandatory if version 3 or newer isn't available.
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module cython >= 3.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}