diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/explorerscript/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/explorerscript/default.nix
index e612e1fe1d9b..9ea011866ca0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/explorerscript/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/explorerscript/default.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail "pybind11>=2.13.6, < 2.14" "pybind11" \
       --replace-fail "scikit-build-core>=0.10.7, < 0.11" "scikit-build-core"
   '';