diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f1547e6..615d0e0 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.7
+486
diff --git a/pygamer/CMakeLists.txt b/pygamer/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b63d1c..b68939c 100644
--- a/pygamer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pygamer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ else()
     FetchContent_Declare(
         pybind11
         GIT_REPOSITORY  https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
-        GIT_TAG         v2.7.1
+        GIT_TAG         v2.12.0
         GIT_SHALLOW     TRUE 
         SOURCE_DIR      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pybind11-src"
         BINARY_DIR      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pybind11-build"