diff --git a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py
index c6b6746fa1..86d8803f18 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/__init__.py
@@ -6,15 +6,14 @@
 
 
 class PyjniusRecipe(PyProjectRecipe):
-    version = '1.6.1'
+    version = '1.7.0'
     url = 'https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/archive/{version}.zip'
     name = 'pyjnius'
     depends = [('genericndkbuild', 'sdl2', 'sdl3'), 'six']
     site_packages_name = 'jnius'
-
+    hostpython_prerequisites = ["Cython<3.2"]
     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
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d5cea2350..0000000000
--- a/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius/cython_version_pin.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---- 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"
- ]