diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
index a5b447032..51ba0b9bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ jobs:
           # Linux x86_64
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-          # Linux aarch64
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
+          # Linux aarch64 (native ARM64 runner to avoid ring cross-compilation issues)
+          - os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
             target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
           # macOS x86_64
           - os: macos-15-intel