diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0198c6aa..c4609231 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
           BUILDKIT_PROGRESS: plain
 
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.17.0
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.18.1
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - os: "macos-11"
+          - os: "macos-12"
             triplet: "x64-osx-dynamic"
             arch: x86_64
             vcpkg_cache: "/Users/runner/.cache/vcpkg/archives"
             vcpkg_logs: "/usr/local/share/vcpkg/buildtrees/**/*.log"
 
-          - os: "macos-11"
+          - os: "macos-12"
             triplet: "arm64-osx-dynamic-release"
             arch: arm64
             vcpkg_cache: "/Users/runner/.cache/vcpkg/archives"
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ jobs:
           path: ${{ matrix.vcpkg_logs }}
 
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.17.0
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.18.1
         env:
           # CIBW needs to know triplet for the correct install path
           VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET: ${{ matrix.triplet }}
@@ -215,14 +215,14 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: ["ubuntu-20.04", "windows-latest", "macos-11", "macos-latest"]
+        os: ["ubuntu-20.04", "windows-latest", "macos-12", "macos-latest"]
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         include:
           - os: "ubuntu-20.04"
             artifact: pyogrio-wheel-linux
           - os: "windows-latest"
             artifact: pyogrio-wheel-x64-windows-dynamic-release
-          - os: "macos-11"
+          - os: "macos-12"
             artifact: pyogrio-wheel-x64-osx-dynamic
           - os: "macos-latest"
             artifact: pyogrio-wheel-x64-osx-dynamic
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c0a493d5..f006797e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
-- Fix bug preventing reading from file paths containing hashes in `read_dataframe` (#412)
+-   Fix bug preventing reading from file paths containing hashes in `read_dataframe` (#412)
+
+### Packaging
+
+-   MacOS wheels are now only available for macOS 12+. For older unsupported macOS
+    versions, pyogrio can still be built from source (requires GDAL to be installed) (#417).
 
 ## 0.8.0 (2024-05-06)
 
diff --git a/ci/custom-triplets/arm64-osx-dynamic-release.cmake b/ci/custom-triplets/arm64-osx-dynamic-release.cmake
index 689f3496..def957a4 100644
--- a/ci/custom-triplets/arm64-osx-dynamic-release.cmake
+++ b/ci/custom-triplets/arm64-osx-dynamic-release.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ set(VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE dynamic)
 set(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Darwin)
 set(VCPKG_OSX_ARCHITECTURES arm64)
 set(VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE release)
+set(VCPKG_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "12.0")
 
 set(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE static)
 if(PORT MATCHES "gdal")
diff --git a/ci/custom-triplets/x64-osx-dynamic.cmake b/ci/custom-triplets/x64-osx-dynamic.cmake
index 28a55629..e1108ab4 100644
--- a/ci/custom-triplets/x64-osx-dynamic.cmake
+++ b/ci/custom-triplets/x64-osx-dynamic.cmake
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ set(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE x64)
 set(VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE dynamic)
 set(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Darwin)
 set(VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE release)
+set(VCPKG_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "12.0")
 
 set(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE static)
 if(PORT MATCHES "gdal")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4c15693f..a5c51bcf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ GDAL_VERSION = "3.8.5"
 PYOGRIO_PACKAGE_DATA = 1
 GDAL_DATA = "$VCPKG_INSTALL/share/gdal"
 PROJ_LIB = "$VCPKG_INSTALL/share/proj"
+MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = "12.0"
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.windows]
 before-build = "pip install delvewheel"