diff --git a/.ci/scripts/auditwheel_wrapper.py b/.ci/scripts/auditwheel_wrapper.py
index a33b39314f..18cd0a7b52 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/auditwheel_wrapper.py
+++ b/.ci/scripts/auditwheel_wrapper.py
@@ -50,7 +50,16 @@ def cpython(wheel_file: str, name: str, version: Version, tag: Tag) -> str:
 
     check_is_abi3_compatible(wheel_file)
 
-    abi3_tag = Tag(tag.interpreter, "abi3", tag.platform)
+    # HACK: it seems that some older versions of pip will consider a wheel marked
+    # as macosx_11_0 as incompatible with Big Sur. I haven't done the full archaeology
+    # here; there are some clues in
+    #     https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/pull/12857
+    #     https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/9138
+    #     https://github.com/pypa/packaging/pull/319
+    # Empirically this seems to work, note that macOS 11 and 10.16 are the same,
+    # both versions are valid for backwards compatibility.
+    platform = tag.platform.replace("macosx_11_0", "macosx_10_16")
+    abi3_tag = Tag(tag.interpreter, "abi3", platform)
 
     dirname = os.path.dirname(wheel_file)
     new_wheel_file = os.path.join(
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
index f540d2d28b..bf57bcab61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           # Skip testing for platforms which various libraries don't have wheels
           # for, and so need extra build deps.
-          CIBW_TEST_SKIP: pp3{7,9}-* *i686* *musl*
+          CIBW_TEST_SKIP: pp3*-* *i686* *musl*
           # Fix Rust OOM errors on emulated aarch64: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/10583
           CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI: true
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_PASS_LINUX: CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI
diff --git a/changelog.d/15019.misc b/changelog.d/15019.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfc1d0f6ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/15019.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix creation of wheels on macOS.