diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
index 37a4c49..66a0da7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -48,10 +48,14 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
   unit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
+        os: [
+          ubuntu-latest,
+          macos-14
+        ]
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -91,10 +95,14 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m pytest tests/unit -v
 
   integration:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
+        os: [
+          ubuntu-latest,
+          ["self-hosted", "macOS", "ARM64"]
+        ]
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -111,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
           # native-ExpOp coverage that consumes ``client_with_cdt_data_812``
           # / ``client_812``; tests that need 8.1.2 and don't see an
           # 8.1.2-routing seed (``AEROSPIKE_HOST_8_1_2``) will skip cleanly.
-          docker run -d -p 3000:3000 --name aerospike-server aerospike/aerospike-server:8.1.2.1
+          docker run -d -p 3000:3000 --ulimit nofile=15000:15000 --name aerospike-server aerospike/aerospike-server:8.1.2.1
           for i in {1..10}; do
             if docker exec aerospike-server asinfo -v "statistics" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
               echo "Aerospike server is ready after $i seconds"
@@ -155,7 +163,10 @@ jobs:
             --extra-index-url "https://${user_enc}:${JF_OIDC_TOKEN}@artifact.aerospike.io/artifactory/api/pypi/${{ vars.JFROG_PROJECT }}-pypi-dev-local/simple/"
 
       - name: Generate ANTLR parser
-        run: make generate-ael
+        run: |
+          echo $PATH | sed 's/:/\n/g'
+          java -version
+          make generate-ael
 
       - name: Run integration tests
         env:
@@ -176,10 +187,14 @@ jobs:
   # de-facto serialization (module-level singletons, dict mutation races,
   # cross-loop asyncio primitives) fails here before it reaches users.
   unit-freethreaded:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python: ['3.14t']
+        os: [
+          ubuntu-latest,
+          macos-14
+        ]
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -223,10 +238,14 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m pytest tests/unit -v
 
   integration-freethreaded:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python: ['3.14t']
+        os: [
+          ubuntu-latest,
+          ["self-hosted", "macOS", "ARM64"]
+        ]
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4