diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py
index cd80b46342..c6b6746fa1 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class PyjniusRecipe(PyProjectRecipe):
 
     patches = [
         "use_cython.patch",
+        "cython_version_pin.patch",
         ('genericndkbuild_jnienv_getter.patch', will_build('genericndkbuild')),
         ('sdl3_jnienv_getter.patch', will_build('sdl3')),
     ]
diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/cython_version_pin.patch b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/cython_version_pin.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d5cea2350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/cython_version_pin.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- pyjnius-1.6.1/pyproject.toml	2023-11-05 21:07:43.000000000 +0530
++++ pyjnius-1.6.1.mod/pyproject.toml	2025-05-11 20:31:14.699072764 +0530
+@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
+ requires = [
+     "setuptools>=58.0.0",
+     "wheel",
+-    "Cython"
++    "Cython==3.0.0"
+ ]