diff --git a/cmake/ExternalDependencies.cmake b/cmake/ExternalDependencies.cmake
index 89ec32cf..2b643556 100644
--- a/cmake/ExternalDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ExternalDependencies.cmake
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ if(BUILD_MQT_QCEC_BINDINGS)
   endif()
 
   # add pybind11 library
-  find_package(pybind11 2.13 CONFIG REQUIRED)
+  find_package(pybind11 2.13.5 CONFIG REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 # cmake-format: off
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 96e2d015..5ca425eb 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 BUILD_REQUIREMENTS = [
     "scikit-build-core[pyproject]>=0.10.1",
     "setuptools_scm>=7",
-    "pybind11>=2.13",
+    "pybind11>=2.13.5",
     "wheel>=0.40",  # transitive dependency of pytest on Windows
 ]
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f6f2c1e8..fb98c6da 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 requires = [
   "scikit-build-core>=0.10.1",
   "setuptools-scm>=7",
-  "pybind11>=2.13",
+  "pybind11>=2.13.5",
   "mqt.core @ git+https://github.com/cda-tum/mqt-core@shared-libs",
 ]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"