diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-macos.yml b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-macos.yml
index 4aabfce06b1..17f539a9187 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-macos.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ on:
     inputs:
       python-version:
         type: string
+      os:
+        type: string
 jobs:
 
   build-wheels:
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
 
-    runs-on: macos-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ inputs.os }}
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 4d8010849ef..f108b26cb87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -94,9 +94,17 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version: [ '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11' ]
+        os: [ 'macos-latest', 'macos-latest-xlarge' ]
+        exclude: # m1 runner macos-latest-xlarge does not have python < 3.10
+          - os: macos-latest-xlarge
+            python-version: '3.8'
+          - os: macos-latest-xlarge
+            python-version: '3.9'
+
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-wheels-macos.yml
     with:
       python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      os: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
   test-linux:
     needs: [build-linux]