diff --git a/package/python-pybind/python-pybind.hash b/package/python-pybind/python-pybind.hash
index f64f1409d2..a68ac846e2 100644
--- a/package/python-pybind/python-pybind.hash
+++ b/package/python-pybind/python-pybind.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  90b705137b69ee3b5fc655eaca66d0dc9862ea1759226f7ccd3098425ae69571   python-pybind-2.6.0.tar.gz
+sha256  cdbe326d357f18b83d10322ba202d69f11b2f49e2d87ade0dc2be0c5c34f8e2a  python-pybind-2.6.1.tar.gz
 # License files, locally calculated
-sha256  83965b843b98f670d3a85bd041ed4b372c8ec50d7b4a5995a83ac697ba675dcb   LICENSE
+sha256  83965b843b98f670d3a85bd041ed4b372c8ec50d7b4a5995a83ac697ba675dcb  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-pybind/python-pybind.mk b/package/python-pybind/python-pybind.mk
index 435d4a9b50..a6a1bdb976 100644
--- a/package/python-pybind/python-pybind.mk
+++ b/package/python-pybind/python-pybind.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_PYBIND_VERSION = 2.6.0
+PYTHON_PYBIND_VERSION = 2.6.1
 PYTHON_PYBIND_SITE = $(call github,pybind,pybind11,v$(PYTHON_PYBIND_VERSION))
 PYTHON_PYBIND_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 PYTHON_PYBIND_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE