diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c1e6d9..212aaf0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,10 +20,14 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
 
 FetchContent_Declare(
   pybind11
-  URL https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/7d538a42750c8580eeaac10e505840a3694b04c8.tar.gz)
+  URL https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/daea1130b4245d23ce000266b1ed5a340d1a1e13.tar.gz)
 
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(abseil-cpp pybind11)
 
+if(DEFINED PYTHON_EXECUTABLE AND NOT DEFINED Python_EXECUTABLE)
+  set(Python_EXECUTABLE "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}")
+endif()
+
 set(TOP_LEVEL_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 include_directories(${TOP_LEVEL_DIR} ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR}
                     ${pybind11_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/pybind11_abseil/CMakeLists.txt b/pybind11_abseil/CMakeLists.txt
index c0f1236..3c61a5d 100644
--- a/pybind11_abseil/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pybind11_abseil/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+if(DEFINED PYTHON_EXECUTABLE AND NOT DEFINED Python_EXECUTABLE)
+  set(Python_EXECUTABLE "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}")
+endif()
+
 add_subdirectory(cpp_capsule_tools)
 
 # absl_casters ============================================================
diff --git a/pybind11_abseil/cpp_capsule_tools/CMakeLists.txt b/pybind11_abseil/cpp_capsule_tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ad81b9..5115ce4 100644
--- a/pybind11_abseil/cpp_capsule_tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pybind11_abseil/cpp_capsule_tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+if(DEFINED PYTHON_EXECUTABLE AND NOT DEFINED Python_EXECUTABLE)
+  set(Python_EXECUTABLE "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}")
+endif()
+
 # void_ptr_from_capsule ========================================================
 
 add_library(void_ptr_from_capsule STATIC void_ptr_from_capsule.cc)
diff --git a/pybind11_abseil/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/pybind11_abseil/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ac8091..4dde411 100644
--- a/pybind11_abseil/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pybind11_abseil/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # cpp_capsule_tools_testing ====================================================
 
+if(DEFINED PYTHON_EXECUTABLE AND NOT DEFINED Python_EXECUTABLE)
+  set(Python_EXECUTABLE "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}")
+endif()
+
 pybind11_add_module(cpp_capsule_tools_testing SHARED
                     cpp_capsule_tools_testing.cc)