diff --git a/.github/scripts/release/build-macos-release.sh b/.github/scripts/release/build-macos-release.sh
index ba6dcc65d6509..4edb6746d73f5 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/release/build-macos-release.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/release/build-macos-release.sh
@@ -14,12 +14,17 @@ PROFILE=${PROFILE:-production}
 # write, so make it relative to github workspace.
 ARTIFACTS=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/artifacts/$BIN
 VERSION=$(git tag -l --contains HEAD | grep -E "^v.*")
+# must be given as feature1,feature2,feature3...
+FEATURES=$3
+if [ -n "$FEATURES" ]; then
+  FEATURES="--features ${FEATURES}"
+fi
 
 echo "Artifacts will be copied into $ARTIFACTS"
 mkdir -p "$ARTIFACTS"
 
 git log --pretty=oneline -n 1
-time cargo build --profile $PROFILE --locked --verbose --bin $BIN --package $PACKAGE
+time cargo build --profile $PROFILE --locked --verbose --bin $BIN --package $PACKAGE $FEATURES
 
 echo "Artifact target: $ARTIFACTS"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-reusable-rc-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-reusable-rc-build.yml
index fba7b305e965a..be618051d7813 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-reusable-rc-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-reusable-rc-build.yml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install pgpkkms
         run: |
           # Install pgpkms that is used to sign built artifacts
-          python3 -m pip  install "pgpkms @ git+https://github.com/paritytech-release/pgpkms.git@e7f806f99e9be5c52f0b4a536b7d4ef9c3e695ed"
+          python3 -m pip  install "pgpkms @ git+https://github.com/paritytech-release/pgpkms.git@e7f806f99e9be5c52f0b4a536b7d4ef9c3e695ed" --break-system-packages
 
       - name: Import gpg keys
         shell: bash