diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8ad70fc2d7..a86346ca33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{matrix.run_tests}}
   macos-universal:
     name: macOS universal app bundle
-    runs-on: macos-14
+    runs-on: macos-15
     needs: [macos-cmake, build_variables]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c22e8412ae..0e8ffb0915 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ if (MACOS_USE_DEPENDENCIES)
     # if we're building on macOS, then we need the dependencies
     include(cmake/download.cmake)
 
-    set(MACOS_DYLIBS_VERSION "38")
+    set(MACOS_DYLIBS_VERSION "40")
     set(MACOS_DYLIBS_ZIPFILE "openrct2-libs-v${MACOS_DYLIBS_VERSION}-universal-macos-dylibs.zip")
-    set(MACOS_DYLIBS_SHA256 "900f298be7bf2b8469d0b9f1700f09a61ded3daafea32f599d58c88b6d7c9ce7")
+    set(MACOS_DYLIBS_SHA256 "dfbdf2a2bb09cdf52e77b2a4ed3889845bb0203ae4cb6be4f2a161ebacc9b02f")
     set(MACOS_DYLIBS_DIR "${ROOT_DIR}/lib/macos")
     set(MACOS_DYLIBS_URL "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/Dependencies/releases/download/v${MACOS_DYLIBS_VERSION}/${MACOS_DYLIBS_ZIPFILE}")
 
diff --git a/scripts/create-macos-universal b/scripts/create-macos-universal
index 185ccf6ff1..2a2545c8fd 100755
--- a/scripts/create-macos-universal
+++ b/scripts/create-macos-universal
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ lipo -create x64/OpenRCT2.app/Contents/MacOS/OpenRCT2 arm64/OpenRCT2.app/Content
 
 # copy frameworks
 mkdir OpenRCT2-universal.app/Contents/Frameworks
-# with the exception of libopenrct2.dylib, the Frameworks are identical and are already universal dylibs
-rsync -ah --exclude 'libopenrct2.dylib' x64/OpenRCT2.app/Contents/Frameworks/* OpenRCT2-universal.app/Contents/Frameworks
-lipo -create x64/OpenRCT2.app/Contents/Frameworks/libopenrct2.dylib arm64/OpenRCT2.app/Contents/Frameworks/libopenrct2.dylib -output OpenRCT2-universal.app/Contents/Frameworks/libopenrct2.dylib
+# the Frameworks are identical and are already universal dylibs
+rsync -ah x64/OpenRCT2.app/Contents/Frameworks/* OpenRCT2-universal.app/Contents/Frameworks
 
 # handle Info.plist
 defaults import $PWD/OpenRCT2-universal.app/Contents/Info $PWD/x64/OpenRCT2.app/Contents/Info.plist $PWD/arm64/OpenRCT2.app/Contents/Info.plist
diff --git a/src/openrct2/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openrct2/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d4de005ec..5cbe194a0a 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openrct2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,16 @@ if (ENABLE_SCRIPTING)
     endif ()
 endif ()
 
-add_library(libopenrct2 ${OPENRCT2_CORE_SOURCES} ${OPENRCT2_CORE_MM_SOURCES} ${OPENRCT2_DUKTAPE_SOURCES})
+# On macOS the compiler computes typeids to different values in shared library and in the executable.
+# This causes issues with RTTI and results in "bad any cast" exception getting thrown at runtime.
+# It should be possible to expose relevant types with visibility default attribute, but we can make the whole issue go away by
+# linking the library and executable statically. There is no openrct2-cli in macOS package, so no code gets duplicated.
+# https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2/issues/24936
+set(LIBOPENRCT2_LINKAGE)
+if (APPLE)
+  set(LIBOPENRCT2_LINKAGE STATIC)
+endif()
+add_library(libopenrct2 ${LIBOPENRCT2_LINKAGE} ${OPENRCT2_CORE_SOURCES} ${OPENRCT2_CORE_MM_SOURCES} ${OPENRCT2_DUKTAPE_SOURCES})
 add_library(OpenRCT2::libopenrct2 ALIAS libopenrct2)
 
 if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "13")
@@ -81,15 +90,15 @@ if (NOT DISABLE_TTF)
     if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT MSVC)
         PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FONTCONFIG REQUIRED fontconfig)
     endif ()
-        
+
     if (MSVC)
         find_package(freetype REQUIRED)
     else ()
         PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FREETYPE REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET freetype2)
     endif ()
-        
+
     target_include_directories(libopenrct2 SYSTEM PRIVATE ${FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-        
+
     if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
         target_include_directories(libopenrct2 SYSTEM PRIVATE ${FONTCONFIG_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     endif ()
@@ -193,9 +202,9 @@ if (NOT MINGW AND NOT MSVC AND NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
     endif ()
     # For unicode code page conversion.
     find_package(ICU 59.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS uc)
-        
+
     target_include_directories(libopenrct2 SYSTEM PRIVATE ${ICU_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-        
+
     if (STATIC)
         target_link_libraries(libopenrct2 ${ICU_STATIC_LIBRARIES})
     else ()
@@ -206,7 +215,7 @@ endif ()
 if (NOT DISABLE_TTF)
     if (STATIC)
         target_link_libraries(libopenrct2 ${FREETYPE_STATIC_LIBRARIES})
-            
+
         if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
             target_link_libraries(libopenrct2 ${FONTCONFIG_STATIC_LIBRARIES})
         endif ()
@@ -216,7 +225,7 @@ if (NOT DISABLE_TTF)
         else ()
             target_link_libraries(libopenrct2 ${FREETYPE_LIBRARIES})
         endif ()
-            
+
         if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
             target_link_libraries(libopenrct2 ${FONTCONFIG_LIBRARIES})
         endif ()