diff --git a/.github/workflows/configure.yml b/.github/workflows/configure.yml
index dca37864cf0..65cc54f3061 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/configure.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/configure.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
 
         - runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
           arch: x64
-          cmake: "3.27"
+          cmake: "3.29"
 
         - runs-on: macos-latest
           arch: x64
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7db1bf668f7..3c2b0878194 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ endif()
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.27)` syntax does not work with
+# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.29)` syntax does not work with
 # some versions of VS that have a patched CMake 3.11. This forces us to emulate
 # the behavior using the following workaround:
-if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.27)
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.29)
   cmake_policy(VERSION ${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION})
 else()
-  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.27)
+  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.29)
 endif()
 
 if(_pybind11_cmp0148)
diff --git a/docs/advanced/embedding.rst b/docs/advanced/embedding.rst
index 4cb6ebc68ae..cbed82158ed 100644
--- a/docs/advanced/embedding.rst
+++ b/docs/advanced/embedding.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ information, see :doc:`/compiling`.
 
 .. code-block:: cmake
 
-    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.27)
+    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.29)
     project(example)
 
     find_package(pybind11 REQUIRED)  # or `add_subdirectory(pybind11)`
diff --git a/docs/compiling.rst b/docs/compiling.rst
index 3be84ba7d85..cf97070a972 100644
--- a/docs/compiling.rst
+++ b/docs/compiling.rst
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ extension module can be created with just a few lines of code:
 
 .. code-block:: cmake
 
-    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.27)
+    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.29)
     project(example LANGUAGES CXX)
 
     add_subdirectory(pybind11)
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ You can use these targets to build complex applications. For example, the
 
 .. code-block:: cmake
 
-    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.27)
+    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.29)
     project(example LANGUAGES CXX)
 
     find_package(pybind11 REQUIRED)  # or add_subdirectory(pybind11)
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ information about usage in C++, see :doc:`/advanced/embedding`.
 
 .. code-block:: cmake
 
-    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.27)
+    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.29)
     project(example LANGUAGES CXX)
 
     find_package(pybind11 REQUIRED)  # or add_subdirectory(pybind11)
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index e347a2e5c5e..f3509432032 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.27)` syntax does not work with
+# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.29)` syntax does not work with
 # some versions of VS that have a patched CMake 3.11. This forces us to emulate
 # the behavior using the following workaround:
-if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.27)
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.29)
   cmake_policy(VERSION ${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION})
 else()
-  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.27)
+  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.29)
 endif()
 
 # Filter out items; print an optional message if any items filtered. This ignores extensions.
diff --git a/tests/test_cmake_build/installed_embed/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/test_cmake_build/installed_embed/CMakeLists.txt
index 89207a36dab..2be0aa65960 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmake_build/installed_embed/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/test_cmake_build/installed_embed/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.27)` syntax does not work with
+# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.29)` syntax does not work with
 # some versions of VS that have a patched CMake 3.11. This forces us to emulate
 # the behavior using the following workaround:
-if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.27)
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.29)
   cmake_policy(VERSION ${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION})
 else()
-  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.27)
+  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.29)
 endif()
 
 project(test_installed_embed CXX)
diff --git a/tests/test_cmake_build/installed_function/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/test_cmake_build/installed_function/CMakeLists.txt
index e752494e606..fa7795e1e6f 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmake_build/installed_function/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/test_cmake_build/installed_function/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 project(test_installed_module CXX)
 
-# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.27)` syntax does not work with
+# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.29)` syntax does not work with
 # some versions of VS that have a patched CMake 3.11. This forces us to emulate
 # the behavior using the following workaround:
-if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.27)
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.29)
   cmake_policy(VERSION ${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION})
 else()
-  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.27)
+  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.29)
 endif()
 
 project(test_installed_function CXX)
diff --git a/tests/test_cmake_build/installed_target/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/test_cmake_build/installed_target/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f7eb514e37..7e73f42435b 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmake_build/installed_target/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/test_cmake_build/installed_target/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.27)` syntax does not work with
+# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.29)` syntax does not work with
 # some versions of VS that have a patched CMake 3.11. This forces us to emulate
 # the behavior using the following workaround:
-if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.27)
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.29)
   cmake_policy(VERSION ${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION})
 else()
-  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.27)
+  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.29)
 endif()
 
 project(test_installed_target CXX)
diff --git a/tests/test_cmake_build/subdirectory_embed/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/test_cmake_build/subdirectory_embed/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e713343579..33a366472cd 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmake_build/subdirectory_embed/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/test_cmake_build/subdirectory_embed/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.27)` syntax does not work with
+# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.29)` syntax does not work with
 # some versions of VS that have a patched CMake 3.11. This forces us to emulate
 # the behavior using the following workaround:
-if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.27)
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.29)
   cmake_policy(VERSION ${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION})
 else()
-  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.27)
+  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.29)
 endif()
 
 project(test_subdirectory_embed CXX)
diff --git a/tests/test_cmake_build/subdirectory_function/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/test_cmake_build/subdirectory_function/CMakeLists.txt
index 56b8b3d98f5..76418a71f33 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmake_build/subdirectory_function/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/test_cmake_build/subdirectory_function/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.27)` syntax does not work with
+# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.29)` syntax does not work with
 # some versions of VS that have a patched CMake 3.11. This forces us to emulate
 # the behavior using the following workaround:
-if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.27)
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.29)
   cmake_policy(VERSION ${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION})
 else()
-  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.27)
+  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.29)
 endif()
 
 project(test_subdirectory_function CXX)
diff --git a/tests/test_cmake_build/subdirectory_target/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/test_cmake_build/subdirectory_target/CMakeLists.txt
index 72d880b37e1..28e9031878e 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmake_build/subdirectory_target/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/test_cmake_build/subdirectory_target/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 
-# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.27)` syntax does not work with
+# The `cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5...3.29)` syntax does not work with
 # some versions of VS that have a patched CMake 3.11. This forces us to emulate
 # the behavior using the following workaround:
-if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.27)
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.29)
   cmake_policy(VERSION ${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION})
 else()
-  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.27)
+  cmake_policy(VERSION 3.29)
 endif()
 
 project(test_subdirectory_target CXX)