diff --git a/devel/py-pybind11/Makefile b/devel/py-pybind11/Makefile
index 3c5b665f5a2e..31139e8c5da7 100644
--- a/devel/py-pybind11/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-pybind11/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 PORTNAME=	pybind11
-DISTVERSION=	2.11.1
+DISTVERSION=	2.12.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Seamless interoperability between C++11 and Python
 WWW=		https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 concurrent autoplist
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-pybind11/distinfo b/devel/py-pybind11/distinfo
index 9a444f4844fa..6021bceaad91 100644
--- a/devel/py-pybind11/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-pybind11/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1689662252
-SHA256 (pybind11-2.11.1.tar.gz) = 00cd59116a6e8155aecd9174f37ba299d1d397ed4a6b86ac1dfe01b3e40f2cc4
-SIZE (pybind11-2.11.1.tar.gz) = 205844
+TIMESTAMP = 1711604013
+SHA256 (pybind11-2.12.0.tar.gz) = 5e3c557a84b06b969247630407fc4d985bed157b4253b13153b8e8e165e0c3dc
+SIZE (pybind11-2.12.0.tar.gz) = 211887
diff --git a/devel/pybind11/Makefile b/devel/pybind11/Makefile
index d80727d3512c..de34bd599145 100644
--- a/devel/pybind11/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pybind11/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	pybind11
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.11.1
+DISTVERSION=	2.12.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Seamless interoperability between C++11 and Python (cmake part)
 WWW=		https://pybind11.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++11-lang python:build
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	pybind
 
 CMAKE_OFF=	PYBIND11_TEST
 
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	PYBIND11_TEST # 3 tests are known to fail: https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/issues/3537, https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/issues/4416, https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/issues/4467, https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/issues/4580
 CMAKE_TESTING_TARGET=	pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/pybind11/distinfo b/devel/pybind11/distinfo
index 88148aed843f..487276699d06 100644
--- a/devel/pybind11/distinfo
+++ b/devel/pybind11/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1689661103
-SHA256 (pybind-pybind11-v2.11.1_GH0.tar.gz) = d475978da0cdc2d43b73f30910786759d593a9d8ee05b1b6846d1eb16c6d2e0c
-SIZE (pybind-pybind11-v2.11.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 756445
+TIMESTAMP = 1711602668
+SHA256 (pybind-pybind11-v2.12.0_GH0.tar.gz) = bf8f242abd1abcd375d516a7067490fb71abd79519a282d22b6e4d19282185a7
+SIZE (pybind-pybind11-v2.12.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 771004
diff --git a/devel/pybind11/pkg-plist b/devel/pybind11/pkg-plist
index 6f9692fe885f..c11db2b9f281 100644
--- a/devel/pybind11/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/pybind11/pkg-plist
@@ -1,39 +1,41 @@
 include/pybind11/attr.h
 include/pybind11/buffer_info.h
 include/pybind11/cast.h
 include/pybind11/chrono.h
 include/pybind11/common.h
 include/pybind11/complex.h
 include/pybind11/detail/class.h
 include/pybind11/detail/common.h
 include/pybind11/detail/descr.h
 include/pybind11/detail/init.h
 include/pybind11/detail/internals.h
 include/pybind11/detail/type_caster_base.h
 include/pybind11/detail/typeid.h
 include/pybind11/eigen.h
 include/pybind11/eigen/common.h
 include/pybind11/eigen/matrix.h
 include/pybind11/eigen/tensor.h
 include/pybind11/embed.h
 include/pybind11/eval.h
 include/pybind11/functional.h
 include/pybind11/gil.h
+include/pybind11/gil_safe_call_once.h
 include/pybind11/iostream.h
 include/pybind11/numpy.h
 include/pybind11/operators.h
 include/pybind11/options.h
 include/pybind11/pybind11.h
 include/pybind11/pytypes.h
 include/pybind11/stl.h
 include/pybind11/stl/filesystem.h
 include/pybind11/stl_bind.h
 include/pybind11/type_caster_pyobject_ptr.h
+include/pybind11/typing.h
 share/cmake/pybind11/FindPythonLibsNew.cmake
 share/cmake/pybind11/pybind11Common.cmake
 share/cmake/pybind11/pybind11Config.cmake
 share/cmake/pybind11/pybind11ConfigVersion.cmake
 share/cmake/pybind11/pybind11NewTools.cmake
 share/cmake/pybind11/pybind11Targets.cmake
 share/cmake/pybind11/pybind11Tools.cmake
 share/pkgconfig/pybind11.pc