diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 4eaee35..e796079 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
         package-dir: helics_apps-pip
       env:
         CIBW_ARCHS: "${{ matrix.arch }}"
-        CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS: "x86_64 universal2 arm64"
+        CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS: "universal2"
         CIBW_BUILD: "cp39-${{ matrix.build }}*"
         CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
         TEST_ENV_VAR: "A VALUE!!!"
diff --git a/helics_apps-pip/pyproject.toml b/helics_apps-pip/pyproject.toml
index 566e052..e627a97 100644
--- a/helics_apps-pip/pyproject.toml
+++ b/helics_apps-pip/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ cmake.version = ">=3.15"
 build-dir = "build/{wheel_tag}"
 wheel.install-dir = "helics_apps/data"
 wheel.py-api = "py2.py3"
+wheel.expand-macos-universal-tags = true
 metadata.version.provider = "scikit_build_core.metadata.setuptools_scm"
 sdist.include = ["helics_apps/_version.py"]
 sdist.cmake = true