diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5b7f43f..c1365ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ jobs:
           - name: macos-arm64
             os: macos-14
             target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+          # macos-13 (Intel) runners are retired and stay queued. This builds x86_64 by
+          # cross-compiling on the arm64 macos-14 runner; the target is added above.
           - name: macos-x64
-            os: macos-13
+            os: macos-14
             target: x86_64-apple-darwin
           - name: windows-x64
             os: windows-2022
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ jobs:
           # Raw per-target binary, named by Rust target triple: code-cli-<target>[.exe]
           src="target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/code${{ matrix.ext }}"
           asset="code-cli-${{ matrix.target }}${{ matrix.ext }}"
+          mkdir -p dist
           cp "${src}" "dist/${asset}"
           shasum -a 256 "dist/${asset}" > "dist/${asset}.sha256"