diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e315c160a8..b4a2d652d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ if(MLX_BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS)
   FetchContent_Declare(
     nanobind
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind.git
-    GIT_TAG v2.10.2
+    GIT_TAG v2.12.0
     GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
     EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
   FetchContent_MakeAvailable(nanobind)
diff --git a/examples/extensions/pyproject.toml b/examples/extensions/pyproject.toml
index 4052340785..3f8c0652dd 100644
--- a/examples/extensions/pyproject.toml
+++ b/examples/extensions/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ requires = [
   "setuptools>=42",
   "cmake>=3.25",
   "mlx>=0.18.0",
-  "nanobind==2.10.2",
+  "nanobind==2.12.0",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/examples/extensions/requirements.txt b/examples/extensions/requirements.txt
index 2fa00ac5c0..5cce5efb85 100644
--- a/examples/extensions/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/extensions/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 setuptools>=42
 cmake>=3.25
 mlx>=0.21.0
-nanobind==2.10.2
+nanobind==2.12.0