diff --git a/bazel/repositories.bzl b/bazel/repositories.bzl
index 187c9c25..a59ee5fa 100644
--- a/bazel/repositories.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repositories.bzl
@@ -155,10 +155,10 @@ def _com_github_pybind11():
         http_archive,
         name = "pybind11",
         build_file = "@pybind11_bazel//:pybind11.BUILD",
-        sha256 = "d475978da0cdc2d43b73f30910786759d593a9d8ee05b1b6846d1eb16c6d2e0c",
-        strip_prefix = "pybind11-2.11.1",
+        sha256 = "bf8f242abd1abcd375d516a7067490fb71abd79519a282d22b6e4d19282185a7",
+        strip_prefix = "pybind11-2.12.0",
         urls = [
-            "https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/refs/tags/v2.11.1.tar.gz",
+            "https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/refs/tags/v2.12.0.tar.gz",
         ],
     )