diff --git a/dev-python/peewee/peewee-3.16.2.ebuild b/dev-python/peewee/peewee-3.16.2.ebuild
index fda9861f01ffc..5899a2ffb369d 100644
--- a/dev-python/peewee/peewee-3.16.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/peewee/peewee-3.16.2.ebuild
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
 "
+# <cython-3 for bug #911412
 BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	<dev-python/cython-3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
 
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