diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 0c8a4a6f97..5baae6b148 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ tf_configure(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "org_tensorflow",
-    patches = [
-        "//build_deps/tf_dependency:tf.patch",
+    patch_cmds = [
+        """sed -i.bak 's/cython-3.0.3/cython-3.0.0a11/g' tensorflow/workspace2.bzl""",
+        """sed -i.bak 's/3.0.3.tar.gz/3.0.0a11.tar.gz/g' tensorflow/workspace2.bzl""",
+        """sed -i.bak 's/0c2eae8a4ceab7955be1e11a4ddc5dcc3aa06ce22ad594262f1555b9d10667f0/08dbdb6aa003f03e65879de8f899f87c8c718cd874a31ae9c29f8726da2f5ab0/g' tensorflow/workspace2.bzl""",
     ],
     sha256 = "c729e56efc945c6df08efe5c9f5b8b89329c7c91b8f40ad2bb3e13900bd4876d",
     strip_prefix = "tensorflow-2.16.1",