diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-linux_mac.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-linux_mac.yml
index 0bf342a4902..869275e89b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-linux_mac.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-linux_mac.yml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -e pipefail
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip virtualenv
-          pip install pyarrow pybind11[global] numpy
+          pip install pyarrow pybind11 numpy
 
       - name: 'Brew setup on macOS' # x-ref c8e49ba8f8b9ce
         if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos-') == true }}
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index ad5778ae1fb..edc9b4b7be2 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,10 +49,37 @@ if (${TILEDB_ARROW_TESTS})
   # Tell CMake to prefer Python from the PATH
   set(Python_FIND_STRATEGY "LOCATION")
   find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter Development REQUIRED)
-  find_package(pybind11 REQUIRED)
+  find_package(pybind11)
 
   message(STATUS "Configuring Apache Arrow integration test with Python ${Python_VERSION} (${Python_EXECUTABLE})")
 
+  # If we can't find the pybind11 cmake config (not available in pypi yet)
+  # try to find with the current executable.
+  if (NOT ${pybind11_FOUND})
+    # Get the include arguments from the python executable (has "-I" compiler option)
+    execute_process(COMMAND  ${Python_EXECUTABLE} -m pybind11 --includes
+            OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMD_PYBIND11_INCLUDE
+            RESULT_VARIABLE CMD_PYBIND11_RESULT
+            OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+    if (${CMD_PYBIND11_RESULT})
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to find pybind11 via cmake or 'python3 -m pybind11 --includes'")
+    endif()
+
+    # Convert args to list
+    separate_arguments(CMD_PARSED_INCLUDES NATIVE_COMMAND ${CMD_PYBIND11_INCLUDE})
+    # Remove the "-I" from each include
+    foreach(INCL_PATH IN LISTS CMD_PARSED_INCLUDES)
+      string(REPLACE "-I" "" INCL_PATH ${INCL_PATH})
+      list(APPEND PYBIND11_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${INCL_PATH})
+    endforeach()
+
+    file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${Python_SITELIB}" SAFE_Python_SITELIB)
+    set(pybind11_FOUND TRUE CACHE BOOL "pybind11 include path found")
+    add_library(pybind11::embed INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+    target_include_directories(pybind11::embed INTERFACE ${PYBIND11_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
+    target_link_libraries(pybind11::embed INTERFACE Python::Python)
+    target_compile_definitions(pybind11::embed INTERFACE -DTILEDB_PYTHON_SITELIB_PATH="${SAFE_Python_SITELIB}")
+  endif()
   file(TO_CMAKE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} SAFE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR)
   target_compile_definitions(pybind11::embed INTERFACE -DTILEDB_PYTHON_UNIT_PATH="${SAFE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
 endif()