diff --git a/.github/actions/build-macos-release/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-macos-release/action.yml
index 5fa98bcf8a..93e6dd943f 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-macos-release/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-macos-release/action.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Build Python package
       shell: bash -l {0}
       env:
+        DEVELOPER_DIR: /Applications/Xcode-latest.app
         MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: ${{ inputs.macos-target }}
       run: |
         pip install build
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ runs:
       if: ${{ inputs.build-backend }}
       shell: bash -l {0}
       env:
+        DEVELOPER_DIR: /Applications/Xcode-latest.app
         MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: ${{ inputs.macos-target }}
       run: |
         python setup.py clean --all
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3e62633a40..9b9420a50a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           macos-target: 15.0
           build-backend: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.10' }}
+      - name: Build macOS 26 package
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-macos-release
+        with:
+          macos-target: 26.0
+          build-backend: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.10' }}
       - name: Upload MLX artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with: