diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_mac.yml b/.github/workflows/release_mac.yml
index c5537683bbb..a52dfb1f248 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_mac.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_mac.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ on:  # Specifies the event triggering the workflow
         required: true
         type: string
 
-# Use MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=11.0 to produce compatible wheel
+# Use MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=12.0 to produce compatible wheel
 env:
-  MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 11.0
+  MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: "12.0"
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
 
   test:
     needs: build
-    runs-on: macos-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ (matrix.target-architecture == 'x86_64') && 'macos-12' || 'macos-14' }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ['3.10'] # ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']