diff --git a/pybind11-2.13.6.tar.gz b/pybind11-2.13.6.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index cccb3a5..0000000
--- a/pybind11-2.13.6.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:e08cb87f4773da97fa7b5f035de8763abc656d87d5773e62f6da0587d1f0ec20
-size 800804
diff --git a/pybind11-3.0.1.tar.gz b/pybind11-3.0.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0087cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pybind11-3.0.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:741633da746b7c738bb71f1854f957b9da660bcd2dce68d71949037f0969d0ca
+size 918227
diff --git a/python-pybind11.changes b/python-pybind11.changes
index 1f8eb09..c395c17 100644
--- a/python-pybind11.changes
+++ b/python-pybind11.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 17 15:21:56 UTC 2025 - Markéta Machová <mmachova@suse.com>
+
+- update to 3.0.1
+  * Pybind11 3.0 includes an ABI bump, the first required bump in
+    many years on Unix
+  * This release contains the smart-holder branch, multi-phase init
+    and subinterpreter support, py::native_enum, an interface to
+    warnings, typing improvements, and more
+  * CMake now defaults to FindPython mode
+  * Support for Python 3.14, 3.14t, GraalPy, and PyPy 3.11 has been
+    added, while legacy support for Python 3.7, PyPy 3.8/3.9, and
+    CMake <3.15 has been removed
+  * Please see upstream changelog for a more detailed info
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep 16 08:13:17 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pybind11.spec b/python-pybind11.spec
index dbda202..b46d004 100644
--- a/python-pybind11.spec
+++ b/python-pybind11.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-pybind11
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC and contributors
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -34,16 +34,16 @@
 %define plainpython python
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-pybind11%{psuffix}
-Version:        2.13.6
+Version:        3.0.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Module for operability between C++11 and Python
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 URL:            https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
 Source:         https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/pybind11-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source99:       python-pybind11-rpmlintrc
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel >= 3.6}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel >= 3.8}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools >= 42}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module scikit-build-core >= 0.11.2}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  cmake >= 3.18
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -178,12 +178,13 @@ end
 
 %if !%{with test}
 %files %{python_files}
-%doc README.rst docs/changelog.rst
+%doc README.rst docs/changelog.md
 %license LICENSE
 %python_alternative %{_bindir}/pybind11-config
 %{python_sitelib}/pybind11
 %exclude %{python_sitelib}/pybind11/share/cmake
 %exclude %{python_sitelib}/pybind11/include
+%exclude %{python_sitelib}/pybind11/share/pkgconfig
 %{python_sitelib}/pybind11-%{version}*-info
 
 %files -n %{name}-common-devel