diff --git a/.github/workflows/dist.yml b/.github/workflows/dist.yml
index 7e3f6b6ad62..f6eded733f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dist.yml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ jobs:
             arch: x86_64
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             arch: i686
-          - os: macos-latest
+          - os: macos-13
             arch: x86_64
           - os: macos-14
             arch: arm64
@@ -175,16 +175,16 @@ jobs:
       # SPKGs to install as system packages
       SPKGS: _bootstrap _prereq
       # Non-Python packages to install as spkgs
-      TARGETS_PRE: gmpy2-build-deps
+      TARGETS_PRE: gmp mpfr mpc bliss coxeter3 mcqd meataxe sirocco boost_cropped tdlib
       # Disable building PyPy wheels on all platforms
       # Disable musllinux until #33083 provides alpine package information
       CIBW_SKIP: "pp* *-musllinux*"
       #
       CIBW_ARCHS: ${{ matrix.arch }}
       # https://cibuildwheel.readthedocs.io/en/stable/options/#requires-python
-      CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON: ">=3.9, <3.12"
+      CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON: ">=3.9, <3.13"
       # Environment during wheel build
-      CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: "PATH=$(pwd)/local/bin:$PATH CPATH=$(pwd)/local/include:$CPATH LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/local/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(pwd)/local/share/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH ACLOCAL_PATH=/usr/share/aclocal"
+      CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: "PATH=$(pwd)/prefix/bin:$PATH CPATH=$(pwd)/prefix/include:$CPATH LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/prefix/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)/prefix/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(pwd)/prefix/share/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH ACLOCAL_PATH=/usr/share/aclocal PIP_CONSTRAINT=$(pwd)/constraints.txt"
       # Use 'build', not 'pip wheel'
       CIBW_BUILD_FRONTEND: build
     steps:
@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.8 - 3.12"
           update-environment: false
 
+      - name: Bootstrap
+        run: |
+          export PATH=$(pwd)/build/bin:$PATH
+          eval $(sage-print-system-package-command auto --sudo --yes --no-install-recommends --spkg install _bootstrap)
+          ./bootstrap
+
       - name: Build platform wheels
         # We build the wheels from the sdists so that MANIFEST filtering becomes effective.
         # But we must run cibuildwheel with the unpacked source directory, not a tarball,
@@ -210,16 +216,23 @@ jobs:
         #
         # In the CIBW_BEFORE_ALL phase, we install libraries using the Sage distribution.
         # https://cibuildwheel.readthedocs.io/en/stable/options/#before-all
-        # This is unfortunately repeated for each of the packages that we build wheels for
+        # For Linux, this is repeated for each of the packages that we build wheels for
         # because CIBW starts with a fresh container on each invocation.
+        # Therefore we cache it in a directory mounted from the host: /host
+        # https://cibuildwheel.pypa.io/en/stable/faq/#linux-builds-in-containers
+        #
+        # omit sagemath-{meataxe,sirocco} for now -- needs sagemath-modules
         run: |
           "${{ steps.python.outputs.python-path }}" -m pip install pipx
           export PATH=build/bin:$PATH
-          export CIBW_BEFORE_ALL="( $(sage-print-system-package-command debian --yes --no-install-recommends install $(sage-get-system-packages debian $SPKGS)) || $(sage-print-system-package-command fedora --yes --no-install-recommends install $(sage-get-system-packages fedora $SPKGS | sed s/pkg-config/pkgconfig/)) || ( $(sage-print-system-package-command homebrew --yes --no-install-recommends install $(sage-get-system-packages homebrew $SPKGS)) || echo error ignored) ) && ./bootstrap && ./configure --enable-build-as-root && make -j4 V=0 $TARGETS_PRE"
+          export CIBW_BEFORE_ALL="( $(sage-print-system-package-command debian --yes --no-install-recommends install $(sage-get-system-packages debian $SPKGS)) || $(sage-print-system-package-command fedora --yes --no-install-recommends install $(sage-get-system-packages fedora $SPKGS | sed s/pkg-config/pkgconfig/)) || ( $(sage-print-system-package-command homebrew --yes --no-install-recommends install $(sage-get-system-packages homebrew $SPKGS)) || echo error ignored) ) && if cp /host/sage-\$AUDITWHEEL_PLAT/config.status . 2>/dev/null; then chmod +x config.status; fi && if [ -x ./config.status ]; then ./config.status; else ./configure --enable-build-as-root ${{ startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') && '--prefix=/host/sage-\$AUDITWHEEL_PLAT' || '' }} && cp config.status prefix/; fi && MAKE=\"make -j6\" make V=0 $TARGETS_PRE && (echo \"sage_conf @ file://\$(pwd)/pkgs/sage-conf\" && echo \"sage_setup @ file://\$(pwd)/pkgs/sage-setup\") > constraints.txt"
           mkdir -p unpacked
-          for pkg in sagemath-objects sagemath-categories; do
+          for pkg in sagemath*objects sagemath*categories sagemath*bliss sagemath*coxeter3 sagemath*mcqd sagemath*tdlib; do
+              case "$pkg:${{ matrix.arch }}" in
+                  sagemath*tdlib:i686) continue;;  # broken - boost-related
+              esac
               (cd unpacked && tar xfz - ) < dist/$pkg*.tar.gz
-              "${{ steps.python.outputs.python-path }}" -m pipx run cibuildwheel==2.17.0 unpacked/$pkg*
+              "${{ steps.python.outputs.python-path }}" -m pipx run cibuildwheel==2.18.0 unpacked/$pkg*
           done
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sagemath_tdlib/dependencies b/build/pkgs/sagemath_tdlib/dependencies
index b22ab6c52a7..468986b44b0 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sagemath_tdlib/dependencies
+++ b/build/pkgs/sagemath_tdlib/dependencies
@@ -1 +1 @@
- tdlib cysignals | $(PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN) sage_setup sagemath_environment cython pkgconfig $(PYTHON)
+ tdlib cysignals boost_cropped | $(PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN) sage_setup sagemath_environment cython pkgconfig $(PYTHON)
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sirocco/dependencies b/build/pkgs/sirocco/dependencies
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bcf2cdfb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/sirocco/dependencies
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mpfr
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-coxeter3/pyproject.toml.m4 b/pkgs/sagemath-coxeter3/pyproject.toml.m4
index 9f9c9dedd5e..58d4483f8bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-coxeter3/pyproject.toml.m4
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-coxeter3/pyproject.toml.m4
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ requires = [
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_setuptools
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_sage_setup
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_sagemath_environment
+    SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_sagemath_objects
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_cython
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_cysignals
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_pkgconfig
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-meataxe/pyproject.toml.m4 b/pkgs/sagemath-meataxe/pyproject.toml.m4
index b4a504c4f1f..fdbcd55424f 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-meataxe/pyproject.toml.m4
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-meataxe/pyproject.toml.m4
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ requires = [
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_setuptools
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_sage_setup
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_sagemath_environment
+    SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_sagemath_objects
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_cython
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_cysignals
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_pkgconfig