diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-grpcio/template b/srcpkgs/python3-grpcio/template
index 34522a28ead..87f388500f5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-grpcio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-grpcio/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=python3-grpcio
 version=1.56.0
 revision=3
 build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-six python3-Cython"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-six python3-Cython0.29"
 makedepends="python3-devel zlib-devel c-ares-devel re2-devel openssl-devel
  abseil-cpp-devel"
 depends="python3-six"