diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-apple.yml b/.github/workflows/build-apple.yml
index 2b3d14d1f3..75add99934 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-apple.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-apple.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ jobs:
             -DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON \
             -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=OFF \
             -DGGML_METAL_SHADER_DEBUG=ON \
-            -DGGML_RPC=ON
+            -DGGML_RPC=ON \
+            -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=13.3
           time cmake --build build --config Release -j $(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
           leaks -atExit -- ./build/bin/test-thread-safety -hf ggml-org/gemma-3-270m-qat-GGUF -ngl 99 -p "$(printf 'hello %.0s' {1..128})" -n 16 -c 512 -ub 32 -np 2 -t 2 -lv 1
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3460485af3..7a69caaefd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ jobs:
           - build: 'arm64'
             arch: 'arm64'
             os: macos-26
-            defines: "-DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON"
+            defines: "-DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=13.3"
           # TODO: this build is disabled to save Github Actions resources (https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23780)
           #       in order to enable it again, we have to provision dedicated runners  to run it
           #- build: 'arm64-kleidiai'
           #  arch: 'arm64'
           #  os: macos-14
-          #  defines: "-DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON -DGGML_CPU_KLEIDIAI=ON"
+          #  defines: "-DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=13.3 -DGGML_CPU_KLEIDIAI=ON"
           - build: 'x64'
             arch: 'x64'
             os: macos-15-intel