diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml
index abf897817a..76958ddb6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_pypi.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
               output_stream.write(f"count={num_cpus}\n")
 
       - name: Clone pybind11 repo (no history)
-        run: git clone --depth 1 --branch v2.11.1 https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
+        run: git clone --depth 1 --branch v2.12.0 https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git -c advice.detachedHead=false
 
       - name: Install vcpkg on Windows
         run: |
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.11
 
       - name: Clone pybind11 repo (no history)
-        run: git clone --depth 1 --branch v2.11.1 https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
+        run: git clone --depth 1 --branch v2.12.0 https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git -c advice.detachedHead=false
 
       - name: Build wheels on Linux
         run: pipx run cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
       - name: Clone pybind11 repo (no history)
-        run: git clone --depth 1 --branch v2.11.1 https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
+        run: git clone --depth 1 --branch v2.12.0 https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git -c advice.detachedHead=false
 
       - name: Set macOS-specific environment variables
         run: echo "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.0" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/asv.conf.json b/asv.conf.json
index 93c5c8a47a..5117cf75d2 100644
--- a/asv.conf.json
+++ b/asv.conf.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   // "uninstall_command": ["return-code=any python -mpip uninstall -y {project}"],
   "build_command": [
     "/bin/rm -rf pybind11",
-    "/usr/bin/git clone --depth 1 --branch v2.11.1 https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git",
+    "/usr/bin/git clone --depth 1 --branch v2.12.0 https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git pybind11 -c advice.detachedHead=false",
     "python -m pip install build",
     "python -m build --wheel -o {build_cache_dir} {build_dir}"
   ],
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 4b248d1f38..7237786ef6 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -49,8 +49,14 @@ def run_pybamm_requires(session):
             session.run(
                 "git",
                 "clone",
+                "--depth",
+                "1",
+                "--branch",
+                "v2.12.0",
                 "https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git",
                 "pybind11/",
+                "-c",
+                "advice.detachedHead=false",
                 external=True,
             )
     else: