diff --git a/.github/actions/build-src/action.yaml b/.github/actions/build-src/action.yaml
index fa6885abd9c..8abab0f13e9 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-src/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-src/action.yaml
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ runs:
         which python
         which pip
         pip list
-        conda info
-        conda list
+        micromamba info
+        micromamba list
 
     - name: build_mda_main
       shell: bash -l {0}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-ci-cron.yaml b/.github/workflows/gh-ci-cron.yaml
index 20969ab80b6..fdfbf58905e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-ci-cron.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-ci-cron.yaml
@@ -264,14 +264,17 @@ jobs:
   pypi-latest-release:
     # A set of runner to check that the latest conda release works as expected
     if: "github.repository == 'MDAnalysis/mdanalysis'"
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     strategy:
         fail-fast: false
         matrix:
-          os: [ubuntu, macos, windows]
+          os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, macos-14, windows-latest]
           python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
           wheels: ['true', 'false']
+          exclude:
+          - os: "macos-14"
+            python-version: "3.9"
     steps:
       # Checkout to have access to local actions (i.e. setup-os)
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/gh-ci.yaml
index d4878849680..13fdfc743c7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-ci.yaml
@@ -34,9 +34,14 @@ jobs:
           include:
             - name: macOS_monterey_py311
               os: macOS-12
-              python-version: "3.11"
+              python-version: "3.12"
               full-deps: true
               codecov: true
+            - name: macOS_14_arm64_py312
+              os: macOS-14
+              python-version: "3.12"
+              full-deps: false
+              codecov: true
             - name: numpy_min
               os: ubuntu-latest
               python-version: 3.9
diff --git a/package/CHANGELOG b/package/CHANGELOG
index 6370f7278ed..d4ba2ca05e7 100644
--- a/package/CHANGELOG
+++ b/package/CHANGELOG
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The rules for this file:
 
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-??/??/?? IAlibay, HeetVekariya, marinegor, lilyminium
+??/??/?? IAlibay, HeetVekariya, marinegor, lilyminium, RMeli
 
  * 2.8.0