diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 66bf92e60..3194fba5d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter Development.Module)
 find_package(pybind11 CONFIG)
 
 message(STATUS "Found pybind11: ${pybind11_VERSION}")
-if(${pybind11_VERSION} VERSION_LESS '2.11.1')
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "pybind11 version must be >= '2.11.1'")
+if(${pybind11_VERSION} VERSION_LESS '2.12.0')
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "pybind11 version must be >= '2.12.0'")
 endif()
 add_definitions(-DPYBIND11_VERSION="${pybind11_VERSION}")
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ad1dd3cec..37d2b9890 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 requires = [
     "scikit-build-core>=0.3.3",
     "setuptools_scm>=8",
-    "pybind11[global]==2.11.1",
+    "pybind11[global]==2.12.0",
     "cmake>=3.27.2"
 ]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
diff --git a/requirements/build.txt b/requirements/build.txt
index 5f7571345..7758b65b7 100644
--- a/requirements/build.txt
+++ b/requirements/build.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # VERY minimal requirements
 # to build the package
-pybind11[global] == 2.11.1
+pybind11[global] == 2.12.0
 cmake >= 3.27.2
 setuptools_scm<8