diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index e8672115b..8620618dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           conda config --prepend channels conda-forge
           conda config --set channel_priority strict
-          conda create -n test python=${{ matrix.python-version }} libgdal geos=3.10.3 cython=0.29
+          conda create -n test python=${{ matrix.python-version }} libgdal geos=3.10.3 cython=3
           source activate test
           python -m pip install -e . || python -m pip install -e .
           python -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           conda config --prepend channels conda-forge
           conda config --set channel_priority strict
-          conda create -n test python=${{ matrix.python-version }} libgdal geos=3.10.3 cython=0.29
+          conda create -n test python=${{ matrix.python-version }} libgdal geos=3.10.3 cython=3
           source activate test
           GDAL_VERSION="3.5" python setup.py build_ext -I"C:\\Miniconda\\envs\\test\\Library\\include" -lgdal_i -L"C:\\Miniconda\\envs\\test\\Library\\lib" install
           python -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 856d46cf3..d64694822 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "Cython~=0.29.29",
+    "cython>=3",
     "setuptools>=61",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 797477aa5..78d00eb5a 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 boto3>=1.3.1
 coverage~=6.5
-cython~=0.29.29
+cython>=3
 pytest~=7.2
 pytest-cov~=4.0
 pytz==2022.6