diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build-macos.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build-macos.yml
index aff2ea69..205ee455 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build-macos.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build-macos.yml
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@ jobs:
             arm64) WOWTAR=wownero-aarch64-apple-darwin11-v0.11.4.0.tar.bz2 ;;
             *)     WOWTAR=wownero-x86_64-apple-darwin11-v0.11.4.0.tar.bz2 ;;
           esac
-          mkdir -p /tmp/wownerod-embed
+          mkdir -p /tmp/wownerod-embed /tmp/wow-extract
           curl -L -o /tmp/wownero.tar.bz2 \
             "https://github.com/wownero/wownero-codeberg-mirror/releases/download/v0.11.4.0/$WOWTAR"
-          tar xjf /tmp/wownero.tar.bz2 -C /tmp
-          find /tmp -name wownerod -type f -exec cp {} /tmp/wownerod-embed/ \;
+          # /tmp is a symlink on macOS — find(1) won't descend it as a bare argument
+          tar xjf /tmp/wownero.tar.bz2 -C /tmp/wow-extract
+          find /tmp/wow-extract -name wownerod -type f -exec cp {} /tmp/wownerod-embed/ \;
           chmod +x /tmp/wownerod-embed/wownerod
           ls -la /tmp/wownerod-embed