diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 51ef4d671f..ef7e3e3c0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ env:
   COMMON_PATCHES: >
     .github/setup-py-version-post4.patch
     .github/setup-py-windows-cmake-options.patch
+    .github/setup-py-windows-arm64-platform.patch
     .github/python-hide-symbols.patch
     .github/python-wasm-side-module.patch
     .github/hdf5-dont-atexit-emscripten.patch
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         #   platform     CIBW_PLATFORM                 (default auto)
         #   build        CIBW_BUILD                    (default *, i.e. all)
         #   patches      space-separated setup patches (default: Windows one)
+        #   artifact     artifact-name suffix override (default: build || arch)
         #   sdist        also build + upload the sdist artifact (default: off)
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -38,11 +40,11 @@ jobs:
             env:
               ADIOS2: "OFF"
 
-          # builds faster on Travis-CI:
-          #- os: ubuntu-20.04
-          #  arch: "aarch64"
+          - os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+            arch: "aarch64"
 
-          # builds faster on Travis-CI:
+          # ppc64le was only ever built on the (now retired) Travis-CI; there is no
+          # free GitHub-hosted ppc64le runner, so these wheels are no longer produced.
           #- os: ubuntu-20.04
           #  arch: "ppc64le"
 
@@ -63,6 +65,14 @@ jobs:
               CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM: "Win32"
               ADIOS2: "OFF"   # 32-bit: no 32-bit ADIOS2 CI; BP read segfaults (see i686)
 
+          - os: windows-11-arm
+            arch: "ARM64"
+            build: "cp311-* cp312-* cp313-* cp314-*"
+            artifact: "ARM64"   # build has '*'/spaces; not a valid artifact name
+            env:
+              ADIOS2: "OFF"
+              CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM: "ARM64"
+
           - os: macos-15-intel
             arch: "x86_64"
             env:
@@ -235,8 +245,8 @@ jobs:
         CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES_PYODIDE: numpy
         CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: >
           python {project}/.github/check_wheel_libs.py &&
-          python -c "import sys, openpmd_api as io; v = io.variants;
-          need_adios2 = sys.maxsize > 2**32;
+          python -c "import openpmd_api as io; v = io.variants;
+          need_adios2 = '${{ matrix.env.ADIOS2 || 'ON' }}' == 'ON';
           assert v['hdf5'] and v['json'] and (v['adios2'] or not need_adios2), v;
           print('openPMD', io.__version__, dict(v))" &&
           python {project}/.github/smoke_roundtrip.py
@@ -257,8 +267,9 @@ jobs:
       name: Publish as GitHub artifact
       with:
         # Include matrix.build so the two wasm legs (cp313 / cp314, which share
-        # os=ubuntu-24.04 + arch=wasm32) get DISTINCT artifact names.
-        name: wheels-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.build || matrix.arch }}
+        # os=ubuntu-24.04 + arch=wasm32) get DISTINCT artifact names. matrix.artifact
+        # overrides it where build holds glob chars invalid in a name (Windows ARM64).
+        name: wheels-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.artifact || matrix.build || matrix.arch }}
         path: ./wheelhouse
         overwrite: true
 
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6997bb669a..02932bc1eb 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -134,12 +134,12 @@ install:
   - git clone --branch ${OPENPMD_GIT_REF} --depth 1 https://github.com/openPMD/openPMD-api.git src
   - cp library_builders.sh list_library_deps.py check_wheel_libs.py smoke_roundtrip.py src/.github/
   # Wheels-only re-release: bump the package version (same source).
-  - (cd src && git apply ../setup-py-version-post2.patch)
+  - (cd src && git apply ../setup-py-version-post4.patch)
   # Keep statically-embedded deps (HDF5/ADIOS2/openPMD) private so the wheel can
   # be co-loaded with another extension that also embeds them (ImpactX/WarpX).
   - (cd src && git apply ../python-hide-symbols.patch)
   - python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
-  - python -m pip install cibuildwheel==3.2.1
+  - python -m pip install cibuildwheel==4.1.0
   # twine & cryptography: see
   #   https://github.com/scikit-build/cmake-python-distributions/blob/4730aeee240917303f293dffc89a8d8d5a4787c4/requirements-deploy.txt
   #   https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/issues/6086
diff --git a/library_builders.bat b/library_builders.bat
index 6f89532c73..02dc84cc27 100644
--- a/library_builders.bat
+++ b/library_builders.bat
@@ -288,10 +288,14 @@ exit /b 0
 :main
 call :install_buildessentials
 call :build_zlib
-call :build_sqlite
-:: build_bzip2
-:: build_szip
-call :build_zfp
-call :build_blosc2
 call :build_hdf5
-call :build_adios2
+
+rem ADIOS2 and its exclusive dependencies
+if /I "%openPMD_CMAKE_openPMD_USE_ADIOS2%"=="ON" (
+  call :build_sqlite
+  rem build_bzip2
+  rem build_szip
+  call :build_zfp
+  call :build_blosc2
+  call :build_adios2
+)
diff --git a/setup-py-windows-arm64-platform.patch b/setup-py-windows-arm64-platform.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee5403df36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup-py-windows-arm64-platform.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index e44e942..0000001 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -104,8 +104,11 @@
+                     os.path.join(extdir, "openpmd_api")
+                 )
+             ]
+-            if sys.maxsize > 2**32:
+-                cmake_args += ['-A', 'x64']
++            generator_platform = os.environ.get("CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM")
++            if generator_platform:
++                cmake_args += ['-A', generator_platform]
++            elif sys.maxsize > 2**32:
++                cmake_args += ['-A', 'x64']
+             build_args += ['--', '/m']
+         else:
+             cmake_args += ['-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=' + cfg]