diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 221ff22..386bff6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,15 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-24.04
             name: Linux
+          # Both OpenCV majors are covered. Pinning only to opencv@4 would let
+          # a 5.x incompatibility land unnoticed; testing only 5 would drop the
+          # version most distributions still ship. See #56.
           - os: macos-latest
-            name: macOS
+            name: macOS (OpenCV 4)
+            opencv: opencv@4
+          - os: macos-latest
+            name: macOS (OpenCV 5)
+            opencv: opencv
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     name: ${{ matrix.name }}
@@ -37,11 +44,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies (macOS)
         if: runner.os == 'macOS'
         run: |
-          brew install opencv@4 ffmpeg pkg-config x264 x265
-          # Homebrew's `opencv` formula is now 5.x, which CMakeLists.txt does
-          # not accept (see #56). Pin to the 4.x formula, which is keg-only and
-          # so needs an explicit prefix.
-          echo "CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$(brew --prefix opencv@4)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          brew install ${{ matrix.opencv }} ffmpeg pkg-config x264 x265
+          # opencv@4 is keg-only, so it needs an explicit prefix; the
+          # unversioned formula does not, but pointing at it is harmless.
+          echo "CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$(brew --prefix ${{ matrix.opencv }})" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5269253..481bf81 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,19 @@ option(FRAMEWRIGHT_BUILD_PYTHON "Build Python bindings" OFF)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Dependencies
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-find_package(OpenCV 4.0 REQUIRED)
+# Deliberately unversioned. OpenCV's config treats major versions as
+# incompatible, so find_package(OpenCV 4.0) rejects 5.x outright -- which is
+# what broke macOS CI when Homebrew moved the opencv formula to 5.0. The
+# floor is enforced below instead, so a genuinely too-old OpenCV still fails
+# loudly while newer majors are allowed through. See #56.
+find_package(OpenCV REQUIRED)
+
+if(OpenCV_VERSION VERSION_LESS 4.0)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR
+        "framewright requires OpenCV 4.0 or newer, found ${OpenCV_VERSION}")
+endif()
+
+message(STATUS "OpenCV: ${OpenCV_VERSION}")
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(FFMPEG REQUIRED
     libavformat>=58.29   # FFmpeg 4.2+