diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index fb4d9cdb589ca..1dd6982899b40 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 pip
 versioneer[toml]
-cython~=3.0.5
+cython==3.1.1
 meson[ninja]==1.2.1
 meson-python==0.13.1
 pytest>=7.3.2