diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2c0cd5c01dd5a0faa4472178a0dc5f7782937f61..aecfec5a1ce7191e79be46d0e30a3f3efbbd0744 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "extern/pybind11"]
 	path = extern/pybind11
 	url = https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
+	branch = stable
diff --git a/extern/pybind11 b/extern/pybind11
index f7b499615e14d70ab098a20deb0cdb3889998a1a..8b03ffa7c06cd9c8a38297b1c8923695d1ff1b07 160000
--- a/extern/pybind11
+++ b/extern/pybind11
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f7b499615e14d70ab098a20deb0cdb3889998a1a
+Subproject commit 8b03ffa7c06cd9c8a38297b1c8923695d1ff1b07