diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
index ffa7732c604a0..0534f54c42e9a 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # build dependencies
   - versioneer[toml]
-  - cython>=0.29.33
+  - cython>=0.29.33, <3.0.1
   - meson[ninja]=1.0.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml
index 596f3476c9c4e..66daccb4827ba 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # build dependencies
   - versioneer[toml]
-  - cython>=0.29.33
+  - cython>=0.29.33, <3.0.1
   - meson[ninja]=1.0.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311-numpydev.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311-numpydev.yaml
index 2cd4d5f3528f8..1766721459ed2 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311-numpydev.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311-numpydev.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pip
 
   - pip:
-    - "cython"
+    - "cython<=3.0.1"
     - "--extra-index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple"
     - "--pre"
     - "numpy"
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311-pyarrownightly.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311-pyarrownightly.yaml
index f24e866af0439..e850f69f945c5 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311-pyarrownightly.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311-pyarrownightly.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies:
   # build dependencies
   - versioneer[toml]
   - meson[ninja]=1.0.1
-  - cython>=0.29.33
+  - cython>=0.29.33, <3.0.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
   # test dependencies
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml
index 9d60d734db5b3..59f61196e7038 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # build dependencies
   - versioneer[toml]
-  - cython>=0.29.33
+  - cython>=0.29.33, <3.0.1
   - meson[ninja]=1.0.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-39-minimum_versions.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-39-minimum_versions.yaml
index 91961e4af2d1c..c418c9fbc9ffe 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-39-minimum_versions.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-39-minimum_versions.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # build dependencies
   - versioneer[toml]
-  - cython>=0.29.33
+  - cython>=0.29.33, <3.0.1
   - meson[ninja]=1.0.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
index 6ea0d41b947dc..ebe102af49e64 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # build dependencies
   - versioneer[toml]
-  - cython>=0.29.33
+  - cython>=0.29.33, <3.0.1
   - meson[ninja]=1.0.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-pypy-39.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-pypy-39.yaml
index 035395d55eb3a..23c3706f43dad 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-pypy-39.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-pypy-39.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # build dependencies
   - versioneer[toml]
-  - cython>=0.29.33
+  - cython>=0.29.33, <3.0.1
   - meson[ninja]=1.0.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
diff --git a/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml b/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml
index df4e8e285bd02..ba6b7f81501a0 100644
--- a/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # build dependencies
   - versioneer[toml]
-  - cython>=0.29.33
+  - cython>=0.29.33, <3.0.1
   - meson[ninja]=1.0.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1