diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
index 7550687d73..4bc4d8a4d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yaml
@@ -37,8 +37,12 @@ jobs:
     # build step just to cancel it because of a linter error.
     needs: lint
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "windows-latest", "self-hosted-linux-arm64"]
+        # NOTE: macos-10.15 is required for now, to work around issues with our
+        # build system.  See related comments in
+        # .github/workflows/custom-actions/build-packager/action.yaml
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-10.15", "windows-latest", "self-hosted-linux-arm64"]
         build_type: ["Debug", "Release"]
         lib_type: ["static", "shared"]
         include:
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
             target_arch: x64
             exe_ext: ""
             build_type_suffix: ""
-          - os: macos-latest
+          - os: macos-10.15
             os_name: osx
             target_arch: x64
             exe_ext: ""