diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a0b98a42ef..f1cbd15b0a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+* Silenced `pybind11` CMake message due to using compatibility mode for Python [#2614](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2614)
+
 ### Deprecated
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8df985da685..30a3871a4e5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ endif()
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
+# find Python before enabling pybind11
+find_package(Python REQUIRED COMPONENTS Development.Module NumPy)
+
 # Fetch pybind11
 include(FetchContent)
 FetchContent_Declare(
@@ -59,8 +62,6 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
 )
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(pybind11)
 
-find_package(Python REQUIRED COMPONENTS Development.Module NumPy)
-
 set(CYTHON_FLAGS "-t -w \"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}\"")
 find_package(Cython REQUIRED)