diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-arm64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-arm64.yaml
index 003ec43179..fa9c63bdfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-arm64.yaml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install Dependencies (Python)
       run: |
-        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install numpy nanobind pybind11 PyYAML cmake ninja
+        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install numpy nanobind!=2.10.0 pybind11 PyYAML cmake ninja
         # Add cmake and ninja to the PATH env var
         PYTHON_BINS=$(find /opt/_internal/cpython-${{ matrix.python_version }}.*/bin -maxdepth 1 -type d | tr '\n' ':' | sed 's/:$//')
         echo $PYTHON_BINS >> $GITHUB_PATH
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install Dependencies (Python)
       run: |
-        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install numpy nanobind pybind11 PyYAML cmake ninja
+        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install numpy nanobind!=2.10.0 pybind11 PyYAML cmake ninja
         # Add cmake and ninja to the PATH env var
         PYTHON_BINS=$(find /opt/_internal/cpython-${{ matrix.python_version }}.*/bin -maxdepth 1 -type d | tr '\n' ':' | sed 's/:$//')
         echo $PYTHON_BINS >> $GITHUB_PATH
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml
index e509f57bef..2161e8563c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-linux-x86_64.yaml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install Dependencies (Python)
       run: |
-        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install numpy nanobind pybind11 PyYAML cmake ninja
+        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install numpy nanobind!=2.10.0 pybind11 PyYAML cmake ninja
         # Add cmake and ninja to the PATH env var
         PYTHON_BINS=$(find /opt/_internal/cpython-${{ matrix.python_version }}.*/bin -maxdepth 1 -type d | tr '\n' ':' | sed 's/:$//')
         echo $PYTHON_BINS >> $GITHUB_PATH
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install Dependencies (Python)
       run: |
-        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install numpy nanobind pybind11 PyYAML cmake ninja
+        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install numpy nanobind!=2.10.0 pybind11 PyYAML cmake ninja
         # Add cmake and ninja to the PATH env var
         PYTHON_BINS=$(find /opt/_internal/cpython-${{ matrix.python_version }}.*/bin -maxdepth 1 -type d | tr '\n' ':' | sed 's/:$//')
         echo $PYTHON_BINS >> $GITHUB_PATH
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml
index 3f23361699..188ba7fcb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheel-macos-arm64.yaml
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install Dependencies (Python)
       run: |
-        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install numpy nanobind pybind11 PyYAML cmake ninja
+        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install numpy nanobind!=2.10.0 pybind11 PyYAML cmake ninja
 
     - name: Build LLVM / MLIR
       if: steps.cache-llvm-build.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ jobs:
     # LAPACKE reference implementation. TODO: Look into how to upgrade beyond this limit.
     - name: Install Dependencies (Python)
       run: |
-        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install numpy nanobind pybind11 PyYAML ninja delocate
+        python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install numpy nanobind!=2.10.0 pybind11 PyYAML ninja delocate
         python${{ matrix.python_version }} -m pip install cmake'<4'
 
     - name: Get Cached LLVM Source
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-catalyst.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-catalyst.yaml
index fa883af836..b0996e4ab1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-catalyst.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-catalyst.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get -y -q install ninja-build make cmake clang
-          python3 -m pip install nanobind pybind11
+          python3 -m pip install nanobind!=2.10.0 pybind11
 
       - name: Get Cached LLVM Source
         id: cache-llvm-source
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip cmake ninja-build clang lld
 
         python3 --version | grep ${{ needs.constants.outputs.primary_python_version }}
-        python3 -m pip install numpy pybind11 nanobind PyYAML
+        python3 -m pip install numpy pybind11 nanobind!=2.10.0 PyYAML
 
     - name: Build LLVM
       if: steps.cache-llvm-build.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip cmake ninja-build ccache clang lld
         python3 --version | grep ${{ needs.constants.outputs.primary_python_version }}
-        python3 -m pip install numpy nanobind pybind11
+        python3 -m pip install numpy nanobind!=2.10.0 pybind11
 
     - name: Get Cached LLVM Source
       id: cache-llvm-source
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake ninja-build
-          python3 -m pip install nanobind pybind11
+          python3 -m pip install nanobind!=2.10.0 pybind11
 
       - name: Download Catalyst-Runtime Artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake ninja-build
-          python3 -m pip install nanobind pybind11
+          python3 -m pip install nanobind!=2.10.0 pybind11
 
       - name: Install lcov # Manually install lcov_1.15-1_all
         run: |
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eabf9cc6b7..762d5a2020 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ known_third_party = ["diastatic-malt", "jax", "jaxlib", "numpy", "pennylane"]
 skips = ["B607"]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=62", "wheel", "pybind11>=2.12.0", "numpy!=2.0.0", "nanobind", "cmake", "ninja"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=62", "wheel", "pybind11>=2.12.0", "numpy!=2.0.0", "nanobind!=2.10.0", "cmake", "ninja"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2a2db94191..b4e8e1c1ca 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ pip>=22.3
 # this bug was fixed in 2.0.1 (https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/26995)
 numpy!=2.0.0
 # llvm requires nanobind 2.9 or higher
-nanobind>=2.9
+# nanobind 2.10.0 is broken: https://github.com/wjakob/nanobind/issues/1237#issuecomment-3628633127
+nanobind>=2.9,!=2.10.0
 pybind11>=2.12.0
 PyYAML