diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 47e6ddff802e..f73fde457be3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade $PRE \
             'contourpy>=1.0.1' cycler fonttools kiwisolver importlib_resources \
             packaging pillow 'pyparsing!=3.1.0' python-dateutil setuptools-scm \
-            'meson-python>=0.13.1' 'pybind11>=2.6' \
+            'meson-python>=0.13.1' 'pybind11>=2.13.2' \
             -r requirements/testing/all.txt \
             ${{ matrix.extra-requirements }}
 
diff --git a/doc/install/dependencies.rst b/doc/install/dependencies.rst
index da95c8afcffd..ea1c6787b52b 100644
--- a/doc/install/dependencies.rst
+++ b/doc/install/dependencies.rst
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ means that the dependencies must be explicitly installed, either by :ref:`creati
 - `ninja <https://ninja-build.org/>`_ (>= 1.8.2). This may be available in your package
   manager or bundled with Meson, but may be installed via ``pip`` if otherwise not
   available.
-- `PyBind11 <https://pypi.org/project/pybind11/>`_ (>= 2.13). Used to connect C/C++ code
+- `PyBind11 <https://pypi.org/project/pybind11/>`_ (>= 2.13.2). Used to connect C/C++ code
   with Python.
 - `setuptools_scm <https://pypi.org/project/setuptools-scm/>`_ (>= 7).  Used to
   update the reported ``mpl.__version__`` based on the current git commit.
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index af2bd1a5829e..490e46a939b3 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dependencies:
   - fonttools>=4.22.0
   - importlib-resources>=3.2.0
   - kiwisolver>=1.3.1
-  - pybind11>=2.13.0
+  - pybind11>=2.13.2
   - meson-python>=0.13.1
   - numpy>=1.23
   - pillow>=8
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ef2872803e15..a50f0b8f743a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ py_mod = import('python')
 py3 = py_mod.find_installation(pure: false)
 py3_dep = py3.dependency()
 
-pybind11_dep = dependency('pybind11', version: '>=2.13')
+pybind11_dep = dependency('pybind11', version: '>=2.13.2')
 
 subdir('extern')
 subdir('src')
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0662a1a32d2d..48a174731440 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10"
 # Should be a copy of the build dependencies below.
 dev = [
     "meson-python>=0.13.1",
-    "pybind11>=2.13,!=2.13.3",
+    "pybind11>=2.13.2,!=2.13.3",
     "setuptools_scm>=7",
     # Not required by us but setuptools_scm without a version, cso _if_
     # installed, then setuptools_scm 8 requires at least this version.
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ build-backend = "mesonpy"
 # Also keep in sync with optional dependencies above.
 requires = [
     "meson-python>=0.13.1",
-    "pybind11>=2.13,!=2.13.3",
+    "pybind11>=2.13.2,!=2.13.3",
     "setuptools_scm>=7",
 ]
 
diff --git a/requirements/dev/build-requirements.txt b/requirements/dev/build-requirements.txt
index b5cb6acdb279..4d2a098c3c4f 100644
--- a/requirements/dev/build-requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev/build-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-pybind11!=2.13.3
+pybind11>=2.13.2,!=2.13.3
 meson-python
 setuptools-scm