diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7aed138..c10c5af 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/pybind11-2.6.1.tar.gz
+SOURCES/pybind11-2.7.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/.pybind11.metadata b/.pybind11.metadata
index b3e4312..6ecd337 100644
--- a/.pybind11.metadata
+++ b/.pybind11.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-b21af7baafced23503ff19298b0c3a68fce88d61 SOURCES/pybind11-2.6.1.tar.gz
+8ddca54a17e646aa3e42488b0a0cb250f8b8ed83 SOURCES/pybind11-2.7.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/pybind11.spec b/SPECS/pybind11.spec
index c3aa9ec..a9064b6 100644
--- a/SPECS/pybind11.spec
+++ b/SPECS/pybind11.spec
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 %bcond_without tests
 
 Name:    pybind11
-Version: 2.6.1
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 2.7.1
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: Seamless operability between C++11 and Python
 License: BSD
 URL:     https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ PYBIND11_USE_CMAKE=true %py3_install "--install-purelib" "%{python3_sitearch}"
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 01 2021 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 2.7.1-1
+- Update to 2.7.1
+- Resolves: rhbz#2000212
+
 * Mon Jan 18 2021 Tomas Orsava <torsava@redhat.com> - 2.6.1-2
 - Convert from Fedora to the python39 module in RHEL8
 - Resolves: rhbz#1877430