diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml b/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
index 781ea04069..63090df723 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-macos.yml
@@ -70,15 +70,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       MAC_ARCH: ${{ matrix.macarch }}
 
-      # Explicitly tell CIBW what the wheel arch deployment target should be
-      # There seems to be no better way to set this than this env
-      # We need this because our minimum is 10.11, different from default
-      # of 10.9 on x86s
-      # Related issue: https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel/issues/952
-      _PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM: ${{ matrix.macarch == 'x86_64' && 'macosx-10.11-x86_64' || 'macosx-11.0-arm64'}}
-
-      # Similarly, we need to tell CIBW that the wheel's linking steps
-      # should be for 10.11 on x86
+      # We need to tell CIBW that the wheel's linking steps should be for 10.11 on x86
       MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: ${{ matrix.macarch == 'x86_64' && '10.11' || '11.0' }}
 
       CIBW_ARCHS: ${{ matrix.macarch }}
@@ -122,6 +114,59 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
         with:
-          name: pygame-wheels-macos-${{ matrix.macarch }}
+          name: macos-partial-${{ matrix.macarch }}
+          path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
+          compression-level: 0  # wheels are already zip files, no need for more compression
+
+  universal2:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: macos-15
+    steps:
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: Generate universal2 wheels
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          shopt -s nullglob
+
+          pipx install delocate
+
+          OUT_DIR="wheelhouse"
+          mkdir -p "$OUT_DIR"
+          for arm in *arm64.whl; do
+              x86="$(ls "$(echo "$arm" | cut -d- -f1-4)"-macosx_*_x86_64.whl 2>/dev/null | head -n1 || true)"
+              if [[ ! -f "$x86" ]]; then
+                  echo "Copying arm wheel as is (missing x86 component): $arm"
+                  mv "$arm" "$OUT_DIR"
+                  continue
+              fi
+              echo "Merging:"
+              echo "  ARM: $arm"
+              echo "  X86: $x86"
+              delocate-merge "$arm" "$x86" -w "$OUT_DIR"
+              rm "$x86"
+          done
+          for x86 in *x86_64.whl; do
+              echo "Copying x86_64 wheel as is (missing arm component): $x86"
+              mv "$x86" "$OUT_DIR"
+          done
+
+      - name: Sanity check - install and test a single universal2 wheel
+        env:
+          # Pip now forces us to either make a venv or set this flag, so we will do
+          # this
+          PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES: 1
+          SDL_VIDEODRIVER: "dummy"
+          SDL_AUDIODRIVER: "disk"
+        run: |
+          python3 -m pip install --no-index --force --find-links wheelhouse pygame-ce
+          python3 -m pygame.tests -v --exclude opengl,music,timing --time_out 300
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          name: pygame-wheels-macos
           path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
           compression-level: 0  # wheels are already zip files, no need for more compression
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-gh-draft.yml b/.github/workflows/release-gh-draft.yml
index 55f0102292..babbdb929f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-gh-draft.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-gh-draft.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
         with:
           path: pygame-wheels
+          pattern: pygame-wheels-*
           merge-multiple: true
 
       # Strips 'release/' from the ref_name, this helps us access the version