diff --git a/.github/workflows/dist.yml b/.github/workflows/dist.yml
index 5bf5729039c..4726969a45f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dist.yml
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ jobs:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             arch: i686
           - os: macos-latest
-            arch: auto
+            arch: x86_64
+          - os: macos-14
+            arch: arm64
     env:
       # SPKGs to install as system packages
       SPKGS: _bootstrap _prereq
@@ -141,6 +143,14 @@ jobs:
           name: dist
           path: dist
 
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        # As of 2024-02-03, the macOS M1 runners do not have preinstalled python or pipx.
+        # Installing pipx follows the approach of https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel/pull/1743
+        id: python
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.8 - 3.12"
+          update-environment: false
+
       - name: Build platform wheels
         # We build the wheels from the sdists so that MANIFEST filtering becomes effective.
         # But we must run cibuildwheel with the unpacked source directory, not a tarball,
@@ -151,12 +161,13 @@ jobs:
         # This is unfortunately repeated for each of the packages that we build wheels for
         # because CIBW starts with a fresh container on each invocation.
         run: |
+          "${{ steps.python.outputs.python-path }}" -m pip install pipx
           export PATH=build/bin:$PATH
           export CIBW_BEFORE_ALL="( $(sage-print-system-package-command debian --yes --no-install-recommends install $(sage-get-system-packages debian $SPKGS)) || $(sage-print-system-package-command fedora --yes --no-install-recommends install $(sage-get-system-packages fedora $SPKGS | sed s/pkg-config/pkgconfig/)) || ( $(sage-print-system-package-command homebrew --yes --no-install-recommends install $(sage-get-system-packages homebrew $SPKGS)) || echo error ignored) ) && ./bootstrap && ./configure --enable-build-as-root && make -j4 V=0 $TARGETS_PRE"
           mkdir -p unpacked
           for pkg in sagemath-objects sagemath-categories; do
               (cd unpacked && tar xfz - ) < dist/$pkg*.tar.gz
-              pipx run cibuildwheel==2.16.2 unpacked/$pkg*
+              "${{ steps.python.outputs.python-path }}" -m pipx run cibuildwheel==2.17.0 unpacked/$pkg*
           done
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3