diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 49bb49aab03c5..cd070a18dc5d0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ requires = [
     "meson-python>=0.13.1",
     "meson>=1.2.1,<2",
     "wheel",
-    "Cython<4.0.0a0",  # Note: sync with setup.py, environment.yml and asv.conf.json
+    # !=3.2.0b2 pin per https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/62898
+    "Cython<4.0.0a0,!=3.2.0b2",  # Note: sync with setup.py, environment.yml and asv.conf.json
     # Force numpy higher than 2.0rc1, so that built wheels are compatible
     # with both numpy 1 and 2
     "numpy>=2.0.0rc1",