diff --git a/srcpkgs/jack_mixer/template b/srcpkgs/jack_mixer/template
index b012cd8dfac..79044eef65b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/jack_mixer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/jack_mixer/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=17
 revision=2
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dcheck-py-modules=false"
-hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config python3-Cython"
+hostmakedepends="gettext pkg-config python3-Cython0.29"
 makedepends="glib-devel jack-devel python3-devel"
 depends="python3-cairo python3-gobject python3-xdg"
 short_desc="GTK JACK audio mixer with a look similar to its hardware counterpart"