diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index f7b1512e..e096ba8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ jobs:
   build_wheels:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-13]
         build: ["cp36-* cp37-* cp38-* cp39-*", "cp310-* cp311-* cp312-*", "cp313-*"]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1f89f9b2..6e7bda10 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dynamic = [
 "Release notes" = "https://pysam.readthedocs.io/en/stable/release.html"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=59.0", "Cython>=0.29.12,<4"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=59.0", "Cython>=3,<4"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__"
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel]
diff --git a/pysam/version.py b/pysam/version.py
index 9aa9daab..61624119 100644
--- a/pysam/version.py
+++ b/pysam/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # pysam versioning information
-__version__ = "0.22.1"
+__version__ = "0.22.90"
 
 __samtools_version__ = "1.21"
 __bcftools_version__ = "1.21"
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 420c17e9..b6eb31e9 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Cython>=0.29.12,<4
+Cython>=3,<4