diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-macos-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-macos-release.yml
index c39cd06787..e64884b870 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-macos-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-macos-release.yml
@@ -21,15 +21,17 @@ on:
 
 # A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
 jobs:
-  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
-  # Cross-compile both darwin/amd64 and darwin/arm64 on macos-13.
+  # Cross-compile both darwin/amd64 and darwin/arm64 from Linux. The build
+  # uses CGO_ENABLED=0 + GOOS=darwin GOARCH=$arch — pure Go, no Darwin
+  # toolchain required. We run on the self-hosted `lux-build` ARC pool
+  # rather than `macos-13` (which has long GitHub-hosted queues) to keep
+  # the release pipeline unblocked.
   build-mac:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         goarch: [amd64, arm64]
-    # The type of runner that the job will run on (GH-hosted arm64 macos forbidden).
-    runs-on: macos-13
+    runs-on: lux-build
     permissions:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
@@ -63,7 +65,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # CLI expects: node-macos-{arch}-{version}.zip containing build/luxd
           mkdir -p build
-          7z a "node-macos-${{ matrix.goarch }}-${TAG}.zip" build/luxd
+          if ! command -v zip >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y zip
+          fi
+          zip "node-macos-${{ matrix.goarch }}-${TAG}.zip" build/luxd
         env:
           TAG: ${{ env.TAG }}