diff --git a/.github/workflows/32-bit-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/32-bit-linux.yml
index e091160c952f8..8c74a53feed9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/32-bit-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/32-bit-linux.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           /opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python -m venv ~/virtualenvs/pandas-dev && \
           . ~/virtualenvs/pandas-dev/bin/activate && \
           python -m pip install --no-deps -U pip wheel 'setuptools<60.0.0' && \
-          pip install cython numpy python-dateutil pytz pytest pytest-xdist pytest-asyncio>=0.17 hypothesis && \
+          pip install cython==0.29.30 numpy python-dateutil pytz pytest pytest-xdist pytest-asyncio>=0.17 hypothesis && \
           python setup.py build_ext -q -j2 && \
           python -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-use-pep517 -e . && \
           export PANDAS_CI=1 && \