diff --git a/.github/workflows/branchbuild.yml b/.github/workflows/branchbuild.yml
index b66f1e4d..d03cd4e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/branchbuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/branchbuild.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install numpy rapidfuzz_capi Cython==3.0.0a11
+          pip install numpy rapidfuzz_capi Cython==3.0.0b2
 
       - name: Generate cython
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releasebuild.yml b/.github/workflows/releasebuild.yml
index 33ed7a45..06f54255 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releasebuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releasebuild.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install pytest hypothesis pandas mypy rapidfuzz_capi Cython==3.0.0a11
+          pip install pytest hypothesis pandas mypy rapidfuzz_capi Cython==3.0.0b2
 
       # The cythonized files allow installation from the sdist without cython
       - name: Generate cython
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        arch: [auto32, auto64]
+        arch: [auto32, auto64, ARM64]
         python_tag: ["cp37-*", "cp38-*", "cp39-*", "cp310-*", "cp311-*", "pp37-*", "pp38-*", "pp39-*"]
         exclude:
           # PyPy only supports x86_64 on Windows
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@ jobs:
             python_tag: "pp38-*"
           - arch: auto32
             python_tag: "pp39-*"
+          
+          # ARM64 only supported only supported on cpython >= 3.9
+          - arch: ARM64
+            python_tag: "pp37-*"
+          - arch: ARM64
+            python_tag: "pp38-*"
+          - arch: ARM64
+            python_tag: "pp39-*"
+          - arch: ARM64
+            python_tag: "cp37-*"
+          - arch: ARM64
+            python_tag: "cp38-*"
     env:
       CIBW_BUILD: ${{matrix.python_tag}}
       CIBW_ARCHS: ${{matrix.arch}}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 305e5ffa..996a60d1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=42",
     "scikit-build~=0.16.2",
-    "Cython==3.0.0a11"
+    "Cython==3.0.0b2"
 ]
 build-backend = "backend"
 backend-path = ["_custom_build"]
diff --git a/tools/sdist.patch b/tools/sdist.patch
index 6ed866c5..c8f144e0 100644
--- a/tools/sdist.patch
+++ b/tools/sdist.patch
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ index 77671b1..7692f90 100644
  requires = [
      "setuptools>=42",
 -    "scikit-build~=0.16.2",
--    "Cython==3.0.0a11"
+-    "Cython==3.0.0b2"
 +    "scikit-build~=0.16.2"
  ]
  build-backend = "backend"