diff --git a/utils/wheels/build-wheels-macos_aarch64.sh b/utils/wheels/build-wheels-macos_aarch64.sh
index 4b72ad88..5c92ead6 100755
--- a/utils/wheels/build-wheels-macos_aarch64.sh
+++ b/utils/wheels/build-wheels-macos_aarch64.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ for PY_VERSION in "${PYTHON_VERSIONS[@]}"; do
     echo "----------------------------------------------------------------"
 
     # Install build deps explicitly so we can skip build isolation
-    "$PY" -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel meson meson-python delocate
+    "$PY" -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel meson-python delocate
+    "$PY" -m pip install meson==1.9.1
+
+    echo "➤ Building wheel with ccache enabled"
+    echo "➤ Found meson version $(meson --version)"
 
     # for every single build, saving significant I/O and network time.
     CC="ccache clang" CXX="ccache clang++" "$PY" -m pip wheel . --no-build-isolation -w "${WHEEL_DIR}" -v
diff --git a/utils/wheels/repair_wheel_macos.sh b/utils/wheels/repair_wheel_macos.sh
index 5ff23997..e1718bf1 100755
--- a/utils/wheels/repair_wheel_macos.sh
+++ b/utils/wheels/repair_wheel_macos.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ for WHEEL_PATH in "$WHEEL_DIR"/*.whl; do
     done < <(find "$TEMP_DIR" -name "*.so" -print0)
 
     echo -e "${GREEN}Step 4: Repackaging wheel...${NC}"
-    python -m wheel pack "$TEMP_DIR/gridfire-0.7.4rc2" -d "$REPAIRED_WHEELS_DIR"
+    python -m wheel pack "$TEMP_DIR/gridfire-0.7.5rc3" -d "$REPAIRED_WHEELS_DIR"
 
     REPAIRED_WHEEL_PATH="${REPAIRED_WHEELS_DIR}/${WHEEL_NAME}"
 
@@ -87,4 +87,4 @@ for WHEEL_PATH in "$WHEEL_DIR"/*.whl; do
     echo -e "${GREEN}Repaired wheel saved to: ${REPAIRED_DELOCATED_WHEELS_DIR}/${WHEEL_NAME}${NC}"
     # Clean up temporary directory
     rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"
-done
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+done