diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 5fec099566..bb008b8ffa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ env:
   RUSTFLAGS: "-D warnings -W unreachable-pub"
   RUSTUP_MAX_RETRIES: 10
   FETCH_DEPTH: 0 # pull in the tags for the version string
+  MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.15
 
 jobs:
   dist: