diff --git a/lang/cython/Makefile b/lang/cython/Makefile
index e2c4b8084eb6..7899b5de2476 100644
--- a/lang/cython/Makefile
+++ b/lang/cython/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ WWW=		https://cython.org/ \
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-USES=		compiler:c11 python:2.7+
+USES=		compiler:c11 python:2.7-3.12
 USE_PYTHON=	allflavors autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	py*-cython-devel py*-cython3 # bin/cygdb bin/cython bin/cythonize