diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dd80957cae..243d3de824 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 SAM_CLI_TELEMETRY ?= 0
 
 init:
+	pip install wheel
+	pip install "cython<3.0.0" pyyaml==5.4.1 --no-build-isolation
+	pip uninstall wheel cython --yes
 	SAM_CLI_DEV=1 pip install -e '.[dev]'
 
 test:
diff --git a/installer/pyinstaller/build-linux.sh b/installer/pyinstaller/build-linux.sh
index 2b728866da..0da95c0814 100755
--- a/installer/pyinstaller/build-linux.sh
+++ b/installer/pyinstaller/build-linux.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,16 @@ cd ..
 echo "Installing Python Libraries"
 python3 -m venv venv
 ./venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
+
+# https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/724
+echo "Force cython package version to be lower than 3.x.x"
+./venv/bin/pip install wheel
+./venv/bin/pip install --no-build-isolation "cython<3.0.0" pyyaml==5.4.1
+
+echo "Uninstall local cython package"
+./venv/bin/pip uninstall wheel cython --yes
+# end cython work around
+
 ./venv/bin/pip install -r src/requirements/reproducible-linux.txt
 
 echo "Copying All Python Libraries"
diff --git a/installer/pyinstaller/build-mac.sh b/installer/pyinstaller/build-mac.sh
index 7a69a6b0a4..0ecdfaef3e 100644
--- a/installer/pyinstaller/build-mac.sh
+++ b/installer/pyinstaller/build-mac.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ cd ..
 echo "Installing Python Libraries"
 /usr/local/bin/python3.8 -m venv venv
 ./venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
+
+# https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/724
+echo "Force cython package version to be lower than 3.x.x"
+./venv/bin/pip install wheel
+./venv/bin/pip install --no-build-isolation "cython<3.0.0" pyyaml==5.4.1
+
+echo "Uninstall local cython package"
+./venv/bin/pip uninstall wheel cython --yes
+# end cython work around
+
 ./venv/bin/pip install -r src/requirements/reproducible-mac.txt
 
 echo "Copying All Python Libraries"