diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc463d79d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[target.aarch64-apple-darwin]
+rustflags = ["--cfg", "aes_armv8"]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 34b4f01d9..9e4314b41 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ aggregate-circuit = []
 
 [dependencies]
 ipa-macros = { version = "*", path = "./ipa-macros" }
-aes = "0.8"
+aes = "0.8.3"
 async-trait = "0.1.68"
 axum = { version = "0.5.17", optional = true, features = ["http2"] }
 axum-server = { version = "0.5.1", optional = true, features = ["rustls", "rustls-pemfile", "tls-rustls"] }