diff --git a/devel/pybind11/Makefile b/devel/pybind11/Makefile
index 1279a35192ba..f2cde657ac25 100644
--- a/devel/pybind11/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pybind11/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	pybind11
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	2.8.1
+DISTVERSION=	2.9.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Seamless interoperability between C++11 and Python (cmake part)
 
 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 # one test is known to fail: https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/issues/3537
 CMAKE_TESTING_TARGET=	pytest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/pybind11/distinfo b/devel/pybind11/distinfo
index 704553c79e53..bcccddc185d9 100644
--- a/devel/pybind11/distinfo
+++ b/devel/pybind11/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1638896032
-SHA256 (pybind-pybind11-v2.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = f1bcc07caa568eb312411dde5308b1e250bd0e1bc020fae855bf9f43209940cc
-SIZE (pybind-pybind11-v2.8.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 693075
+TIMESTAMP = 1643126897
+SHA256 (pybind-pybind11-v2.9.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 057fb68dafd972bc13afb855f3b0d8cf0fa1a78ef053e815d9af79be7ff567cb
+SIZE (pybind-pybind11-v2.9.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 698784