diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3c8f34de2..07bf12609 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def get_version(filename='kivy/version.py'):
 
 MIN_CYTHON_STRING = '0.23'
 MIN_CYTHON_VERSION = LooseVersion(MIN_CYTHON_STRING)
-MAX_CYTHON_STRING = '0.27.3'
+MAX_CYTHON_STRING = '0.28.2'
 MAX_CYTHON_VERSION = LooseVersion(MAX_CYTHON_STRING)
 CYTHON_UNSUPPORTED = (
     # ref https://github.com/cython/cython/issues/1968