diff --git a/depends/catch2/CMakeLists.txt b/depends/catch2/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8fdfcf0189e8da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/catch2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.14.0 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+set(PROJECT_NAME "catch2")
+
+project(
+    ${PROJECT_NAME}
+    VERSION 2.13
+    LANGUAGES CXX
+)
+
+
+set(
+    ${PROJECT_NAME}_HEADERS
+    catch2/catch.hpp
+)
+
+list(
+    TRANSFORM ${PROJECT_NAME}_HEADERS
+    PREPEND "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include/"
+)
+
+add_library(
+    ${PROJECT_NAME}
+    INTERFACE
+    "${${PROJECT_NAME}_HEADERS}"
+)
+
+target_include_directories(
+    ${PROJECT_NAME}
+    INTERFACE
+    "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include>"
+    "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>"
+)
diff --git a/contrib/catch/catch.hpp b/depends/catch2/include/catch2/catch.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/catch/catch.hpp
rename to depends/catch2/include/catch2/catch.hpp
diff --git a/python-bindings/CMakeLists.txt b/python-bindings/CMakeLists.txt
index 6bba03b4091ef1..e527afaa462956 100644
--- a/python-bindings/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python-bindings/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 FetchContent_Declare(
   pybind11
   GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
-  GIT_TAG        v2.6.2
+  GIT_TAG        v2.9.1
 )
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(pybind11 relic)
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index df56c573379f4f..09744ca68345a0 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,21 +39,12 @@ install(FILES ${HEADERS} DESTINATION include/bls-dash)
 install(FILES $<TARGET_FILE:bls-dash> DESTINATION lib)
 
 if(BUILD_BLS_TESTS)
+  include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../depends/catch2/CMakeLists.txt)
+
   add_executable(runtest test.cpp)
-  INCLUDE(FindPkgConfig)
-  pkg_check_modules(CATCH2 catch2)
-  if (CATCH2_FOUND)
-    # Adding "catch2" subdir to include dirs because "catch.hpp" is included
-    # instead of "catch2/catch.hpp"
-    if (NOT CATCH2_INCLUDE_DIRS)
-      set(CATCH2_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
-    endif()
-    list(TRANSFORM CATCH2_INCLUDE_DIRS APPEND /catch2)
-    target_include_directories(runtest PRIVATE ${CATCH2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  else()
-    target_include_directories(runtest PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../contrib/catch)
-  endif()
-  target_link_libraries(runtest PRIVATE bls-dash)
+  target_link_libraries(runtest
+                        PRIVATE bls-dash
+                        PRIVATE catch2)
 endif()
 
 if(BUILD_BLS_BENCHMARKS)
diff --git a/src/test.cpp b/src/test.cpp
index 1ec7eef812cd76..5875f22ff3c3b2 100644
--- a/src/test.cpp
+++ b/src/test.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 #include <thread>
 
 #include "bls.hpp"
-#include "catch.hpp"
+#include <catch2/catch.hpp>
+
 extern "C" {
 #include "relic.h"
 }