diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f6ced85b..a431ffe4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-  "nanobind~=2.11.0",
+  "nanobind~=2.12.0",
   "scikit-build-core>=0.12.2",
   "setuptools-scm>=9.2.2",
   "mqt.core~=3.4.1",
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ mqt-ddsim = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependency-groups]
 build = [
-  "nanobind~=2.11.0",
+  "nanobind~=2.12.0",
   "scikit-build-core>=0.12.2",
   "setuptools-scm>=9.2.2",
   "mqt.core~=3.4.1",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index b8a281cd..971c38ed 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1675,13 +1675,13 @@ requires-dist = [
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 build = [
     { name = "mqt-core", specifier = "~=3.4.1" },
-    { name = "nanobind", specifier = "~=2.11.0" },
+    { name = "nanobind", specifier = "~=2.12.0" },
     { name = "scikit-build-core", specifier = ">=0.12.2" },
     { name = "setuptools-scm", specifier = ">=9.2.2" },
 ]
 dev = [
     { name = "mqt-core", specifier = "~=3.4.1" },
-    { name = "nanobind", specifier = "~=2.11.0" },
+    { name = "nanobind", specifier = "~=2.12.0" },
     { name = "nox", specifier = ">=2025.11.12" },
     { name = "numpy", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.13'", specifier = ">=2.1" },
     { name = "numpy", marker = "python_full_version >= '3.14'", specifier = ">=2.3.2" },
@@ -1797,11 +1797,11 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nanobind"
-version = "2.11.0"
+version = "2.12.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
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+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c6/5c/3b69bc3933ad3c3668ba029ad410ba8ecfdc8ee7262ff1009f3304f3c562/nanobind-2.12.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0ae77c1a88f27153fa57045ee00f7b0a7b06b1cd3df942e95a34b38c5d0a5bee", size = 1002704, upload-time = "2026-02-25T09:41:54.691Z" }
 wheels = [
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5a/bf/1a54e3573736f3ad15fc599c5dde007937234652a1a7efd62573b4ce3a7e/nanobind-2.12.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a10d3d88e691dcdf22696f9acd893fda3c5a05635763aea238829d274fcad480", size = 249512, upload-time = "2026-02-25T09:41:52.908Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]