diff --git a/tools/workspace/lcm/patches/python-3.11.patch b/tools/workspace/lcm/patches/python-3.11.patch
index 00dfb67320be..79d6a1da3a96 100644
--- a/tools/workspace/lcm/patches/python-3.11.patch
+++ b/tools/workspace/lcm/patches/python-3.11.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- a/lcm-python/module.c
-+++ b/lcm-python/module.c
+--- lcm-python/module.c
++++ lcm-python/module.c
 @@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(lcmmod_doc, "LCM python extension modules");
  #define MOD_DEF(ob, name, doc, methods) ob = Py_InitModule3(name, methods, doc);
  #endif
diff --git a/tools/workspace/pybind11/repository.bzl b/tools/workspace/pybind11/repository.bzl
index 6f3a4011be8f..3f33eff1cac2 100644
--- a/tools/workspace/pybind11/repository.bzl
+++ b/tools/workspace/pybind11/repository.bzl
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ def pybind11_repository(
         sha256 = _SHA256,
         build_file = ":package.BUILD.bazel",
         mirrors = mirrors,
+        patches = [
+            ":patches/python-3.11.patch",
+        ]
     )
 
 def generate_pybind11_version_py_file(name):