diff --git a/dist/build-universal.sh b/dist/build-universal.sh
index f55a4b2d3..dbc9ec4ee 100755
--- a/dist/build-universal.sh
+++ b/dist/build-universal.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # build-universal.sh <release> <branch> <binaryname> <justbuild> <deletescancache> <codesign>
 #
 # ./build-universal.sh development dev biber 0 0 1
-# 
+#
 # <release> is a SF subdir of /home/frs/project/biblatex-biber/
 # <branch> is a git branch to checkout on the build farm servers
 # <binaryname> is the name of the biber binary to use for the release.
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ cd $BASE
 git checkout $BRANCH
 git pull
 perl ./Build.PL
-sudo ./Build installdeps
-sudo ./Build install
+./Build installdeps
+./Build install
 cd $BINDIR/darwin_arm64
 $SCANCACHE./build.sh
 ~/bin/pp_osx_codesign_fix biber-darwin_arm64
 cd $BASE
-sudo ./Build realclean
+./Build realclean
 
 cd $BINDIR/darwin_arm64
 \rm -rf biber-darwin_arm64.tar.gz
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ echo "Downloading x86_64 binary ... make sure it's the one you want"
 \rm -rf biber-darwin_universal.tar.gz
 \rm -rf biber-darwin_x86_64.tar.gz
 \rm -rf $BINARYNAME
-/opt/local/bin/wget --content-disposition --level=0 -c https://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex-biber/files/biblatex-biber/$RELEASE/binaries/MacOS/biber-darwin_x86_64.tar.gz -O biber-darwin_x86_64.tar.gz
-gnutar zxf biber-darwin_x86_64.tar.gz
+/opt/homebrew/bin/wget --content-disposition --level=0 -c https://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex-biber/files/biblatex-biber/$RELEASE/binaries/MacOS/biber-darwin_x86_64.tar.gz -O biber-darwin_x86_64.tar.gz
+gtar zxf biber-darwin_x86_64.tar.gz
 mv $BINARYNAME biber-darwin_x86_64
 /usr/bin/lipo -create -output $BINARYNAME biber-darwin_x86_64 biber-darwin_arm64
 chmod +x $BINARYNAME
-gnutar cf biber-darwin_universal.tar $BINARYNAME
+gtar cf biber-darwin_universal.tar $BINARYNAME
 gzip biber-darwin_universal.tar
 \rm biber-darwin_arm*
 \rm biber-darwin_x86_64*
diff --git a/dist/darwin_arm64/build.sh b/dist/darwin_arm64/build.sh
index 204b1e43d..85e570df2 100755
--- a/dist/darwin_arm64/build.sh
+++ b/dist/darwin_arm64/build.sh
@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@
 # by looking to see if there is a site_perl directory for the module. If there is, we use that
 # version.
 
-declare -r perlv='5.36'
-declare ucpath="/opt/local/lib/perl5/${perlv}/Unicode/Collate"
-export PATH=/opt/local/libexec/perl${perlv}/sitebin:$PATH
+declare -r perlv='5.38.0'
+declare ucpath="/opt/homebrew/Cellar/perl/${perlv}/lib/perl5/${perlv%.0}/Unicode/Collate"
 
 # Unicode::Collate has a site_perl version so has been updated since this
 # perl was released
-if [ -d "/opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/${perlv}/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Unicode/Collate" ]
+
+if [ -d "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/perl/${perlv}/lib/perl5/site_perl/${perlv%.0}/Unicode/Collate" ]
 then
-  ucpath="/opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/${perlv}/darwin-thread-multi-2level/Unicode/Collate"
+  ucpath="/opt/homebrew/Cellar/perl/${perlv}/lib/perl5/site_perl/${perlv%.0}/Unicode/Collate"
 fi
 
 echo "USING Unicode::Collate at: ${ucpath}"
 
-cp /opt/local/libexec/perl${perlv}/sitebin/biber /tmp/biber-darwin
+cp /opt/homebrew/Cellar/perl/${perlv}/bin/biber /tmp/biber-darwin
 
 PAR_VERBATIM=1 pp \
   --module=deprecate \
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ PAR_VERBATIM=1 pp \
   --module=DateTime \
   --link=/opt/local/lib/libz.1.dylib \
   --link=/opt/local/lib/libiconv.2.dylib \
-  --link=/opt/local/libexec/perl${perlv}/sitebin/libbtparse.dylib \
+  --link=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/perl/${perlv}/lib/libbtparse.dylib \
   --link=/opt/local/lib/libxml2.2.dylib \
   --link=/opt/local/lib/libxslt.1.dylib \
   --link=/opt/local/lib/libgdbm.6.dylib \
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ PAR_VERBATIM=1 pp \
   --addfile="${ucpath}/CJK;lib/Unicode/Collate/CJK;lib/Unicode/Collate/CJK" \
   --addfile="${ucpath}/allkeys.txt;lib/Unicode/Collate/allkeys.txt" \
   --addfile="${ucpath}/keys.txt;lib/Unicode/Collate/keys.txt" \
-  --addfile="/opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/${perlv}/Mozilla/CA/cacert.pem;lib/Mozilla/CA/cacert.pem" \
-  --addfile="/opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/${perlv}/Business/ISBN/RangeMessage.xml;lib/Business/ISBN/RangeMessage.xml" \
-  --addfile="/opt/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/${perlv}/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/Unicode/LineBreak/LineBreak.bundle;lib/auto/Unicode/LineBreak/LineBreak.bundle" \
+--addfile="/opt/homebrew/Cellar/perl/${perlv}/lib/perl5/site_perl/${perlv%.0}/Mozilla/CA/cacert.pem;lib/Mozilla/CA/cacert.pem" \
+  --addfile="/opt/homebrew/Cellar/perl/${perlv}/lib/perl5/site_perl/${perlv%.0}/Business/ISBN/RangeMessage.xml;lib/Business/ISBN/RangeMessage.xml" \
+  --addfile="/opt/homebrew/Cellar/perl/${perlv}/lib/perl5/site_perl/${perlv%.0}/darwin-thread-multi-2level/auto/Unicode/LineBreak/LineBreak.bundle;lib/auto/Unicode/LineBreak/LineBreak.bundle" \
   --cachedeps=scancache \
   --output=biber-darwin_arm64 \
   /tmp/biber-darwin