diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index aa14ab5d..32de0924 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         # we specify bash to get pipefail; it guards against the `curl` command
         # failing. otherwise `sh` won't catch that `curl` returned non-0
         shell: bash
-        run: "cargo install --git https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/ --branch=macos-codesign cargo-dist"
+        run: "cargo install --git https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/ --branch=pkg cargo-dist"
       - name: Cache cargo-dist
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME: target/distrib/${{ join(matrix.targets, '-') }}-dist-manifest.json
       CODESIGN_CERTIFICATE: ${{ secrets.CODESIGN_CERTIFICATE }}
       CODESIGN_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CODESIGN_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD }}
       CODESIGN_IDENTITY: ${{ secrets.CODESIGN_IDENTITY }}
-      BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME: target/distrib/${{ join(matrix.targets, '-') }}-dist-manifest.json
     steps:
       - name: enable windows longpaths
         run: |
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9448d885..2039874a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axolotlsay"
-version = "0.2.228"
+version = "0.2.229"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e2fadc34..f243f66e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "axolotlsay"
 description = "💬 a CLI for learning to distribute CLIs in rust"
-version = "0.2.228"
+version = "0.2.229"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/mistydemeo/cargodisttest.git"
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ lto = "thin"
 # Config for 'cargo dist'
 [workspace.metadata.dist]
 # The preferred cargo-dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
-cargo-dist-version = "0.21.1-github-macos-codesign"
+cargo-dist-version = "0.21.1-github-pkg"
 # CI backends to support
 ci = "github"
 # The installers to generate for each app
-installers = ["shell", "powershell", "npm", "homebrew"]
+installers = ["shell", "powershell", "npm", "homebrew", "pkg"]
 # Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
 targets = ["aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"]
 # The archive format to use for windows builds (defaults .zip)
@@ -83,3 +83,7 @@ cmake = '3.27.6'
 
 [workspace.metadata.dist.github-custom-runners]
 x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu = "ubuntu-latest"
+
+# Configuration for the Mac .pkg installer
+[workspace.metadata.dist.mac-pkg-config]
+identifier = "com.mistydemeo.cargodisttest"