diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ece450b84..6bfc1a866 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.5.0", "pybind11>=2.10.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.5.0", "pybind11>=3.0.3"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]