diff --git a/.github/workflows/linuxWF.yml b/.github/workflows/linuxWF.yml
index 60b2e157cf..fa3af9cc07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linuxWF.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linuxWF.yml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
       if: contains( matrix.variant, '-pycv-' )
       working-directory: ./plugins/pycv/
       run: |
-            pip install --user pybind11
+            pip install --user -r requirements.txt
             source ../../sourceme.sh
             ln -s $(realpath ../../regtest/scripts) ./regtest/scripts
             ./prepareMakeForDevelop.sh
diff --git a/docker/fedora39-pycv b/docker/fedora39-pycv
index a9d1194d99..80b6ed15d7 100644
--- a/docker/fedora39-pycv
+++ b/docker/fedora39-pycv
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ RUN source /etc/bashrc \
  && cd plumed2 \
  && source ./sourceme.sh \
  && cd plugins/pycv \
- && pip3 install pybind11 \
+ && pip3 install -r requirements.txt \
  && ln -s $(realpath ../../regtest/scripts) ./regtest/scripts \
  && python_bin=python3 ./prepareMakeForDevelop.sh \
  && make check
diff --git a/docker/rocky8-pycv b/docker/rocky8-pycv
index 3920b600bc..7dedd42ce3 100644
--- a/docker/rocky8-pycv
+++ b/docker/rocky8-pycv
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ RUN source ./.bashrc \
  && cd plumed2 \
  && source ./sourceme.sh \
  && cd plugins/pycv \
- && pip3 install --user pybind11  \
+ && pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt  \
  && ln -s $(realpath ../../regtest/scripts) ./regtest/scripts \
  && python_bin=python3 ./prepareMakeForDevelop.sh \
  && make check
diff --git a/plugins/pycv/requirements.txt b/plugins/pycv/requirements.txt
index 52671c7685..316898b010 100644
--- a/plugins/pycv/requirements.txt
+++ b/plugins/pycv/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-pybind11
+pybind11>=2.10.3,<=2.11.1
 numpy