diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index f78aa80..9a27e66 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ requirements:
   build:
     - python                                           # [build_platform != target_platform]
     - cross-python_{{ target_platform }}               # [build_platform != target_platform]
-    - cython ==3.0.*                                   # [build_platform != target_platform]
+    - cython                                           # [build_platform != target_platform]
+    - {{ stdlib('c') }}
     - {{ compiler('c') }}
     - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
     - make  # [unix]
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ requirements:
     - python
     - pip
     - setuptools >=25
-    - cython ==3.0.*
+    - cython
     - rocksdb ==6.29.5
     # NOTE(hadim): we include those rocksdb compression libs since they are not included implicitely.
     - lz4-c