diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index 635896fc0..c2c083345 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [windows-latest, macos-latest]
+        os: [windows-latest, macos-latest, macos-11]
         # not supporting 3.6 due to annotations is not supported https://stackoverflow.com/a/52890129
         python-version: [3.7, 3.8]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_macos.yml b/.github/workflows/test_macos.yml
index 9fda9930e..46e5eaeb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_macos.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
 
-    runs-on: macos-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
+        os: [macos-11, macos-latest]
         # not supporting 3.6 due to annotations is not supported https://stackoverflow.com/a/52890129
         python-version: [3.7, 3.8]