diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-h5py/template b/srcpkgs/python3-h5py/template
index d491f5cc3ac..59f2d7c9b22 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-h5py/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-h5py/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.9.0
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
 build_helper="numpy"
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython python3-pkgconfig"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython0.29 python3-pkgconfig"
 makedepends="python3-devel hdf5-devel"
 depends="python3-numpy"
 short_desc="HDF5 for Python"