diff --git a/crates/metadata/lib.rs b/crates/metadata/lib.rs
index 4f8f746c8..1b3fbfe5b 100644
--- a/crates/metadata/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/metadata/lib.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pub const HOST_TARGET: &str = env!("DOCSRS_METADATA_HOST_TARGET");
 pub const DEFAULT_TARGETS: &[&str] = &[
     "i686-pc-windows-msvc",
     "i686-unknown-linux-gnu",
-    "x86_64-apple-darwin",
+    "aarch64-apple-darwin",
     "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc",
     "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
 ];
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ pub enum MetadataError {
 /// all-features = true
 /// no-default-features = true
 /// default-target = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
-/// targets = [ "x86_64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" ]
+/// targets = [ "aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" ]
 /// rustc-args = [ "--example-rustc-arg" ]
 /// rustdoc-args = [ "--example-rustdoc-arg" ]
 /// ```
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ mod test_parsing {
             all-features = true
             no-default-features = true
             default-target = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
-            targets = [ "x86_64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" ]
+            targets = [ "aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc" ]
             rustc-args = [ "--example-rustc-arg" ]
             rustdoc-args = [ "--example-rustdoc-arg" ]
             cargo-args = [ "-Zbuild-std" ]
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ mod test_parsing {
 
         let targets = metadata.targets.expect("should have explicit target");
         assert_eq!(targets.len(), 2);
-        assert_eq!(targets[0], "x86_64-apple-darwin");
+        assert_eq!(targets[0], "aarch64-apple-darwin");
         assert_eq!(targets[1], "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc");
 
         let rustc_args = metadata.rustc_args;
diff --git a/src/docbuilder/rustwide_builder.rs b/src/docbuilder/rustwide_builder.rs
index 0b215ee34..031ca59df 100644
--- a/src/docbuilder/rustwide_builder.rs
+++ b/src/docbuilder/rustwide_builder.rs
@@ -1471,9 +1471,9 @@ mod tests {
                 assert_eq!(
                     targets,
                     vec![
+                        "aarch64-apple-darwin",
                         "i686-pc-windows-msvc",
                         "i686-unknown-linux-gnu",
-                        "x86_64-apple-darwin",
                         "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc",
                         "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
                     ]
@@ -1675,7 +1675,7 @@ mod tests {
                     vec![
                         "i686-pc-windows-msvc".into(),
                         "i686-unknown-linux-gnu".into(),
-                        "x86_64-apple-darwin".into(),
+                        "aarch64-apple-darwin".into(),
                         "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc".into(),
                         "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu".into(),
                     ],
diff --git a/src/web/rustdoc.rs b/src/web/rustdoc.rs
index 9959b1210..fd40e1b27 100644
--- a/src/web/rustdoc.rs
+++ b/src/web/rustdoc.rs
@@ -2247,7 +2247,7 @@ mod test {
         async_wrapper(|env| async move {
             let web = env.web_app().await;
             assert_eq!(
-                web.get("/crate/fdsafdsafdsafdsa/0.1.0/target-redirect/x86_64-apple-darwin/")
+                web.get("/crate/fdsafdsafdsafdsa/0.1.0/target-redirect/aarch64-apple-darwin/")
                     .await?
                     .status(),
                 StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
@@ -2320,7 +2320,7 @@ mod test {
                 .await?;
             let web = env.web_app().await;
             web.assert_redirect(
-                "/crate/dummy/0.1.0/target-redirect/x86_64-apple-darwin",
+                "/crate/dummy/0.1.0/target-redirect/aarch64-apple-darwin",
                 "/dummy/0.1.0/dummy/",
             )
             .await?;
@@ -2329,12 +2329,12 @@ mod test {
                 .name("dummy")
                 .version("0.2.0")
                 .archive_storage(archive_storage)
-                .add_platform("x86_64-apple-darwin")
+                .add_platform("aarch64-apple-darwin")
                 .create()
                 .await?;
             web.assert_redirect(
-                "/crate/dummy/0.2.0/target-redirect/x86_64-apple-darwin",
-                "/dummy/0.2.0/x86_64-apple-darwin/dummy/",
+                "/crate/dummy/0.2.0/target-redirect/aarch64-apple-darwin",
+                "/dummy/0.2.0/aarch64-apple-darwin/dummy/",
             )
             .await?;
             web.assert_redirect(
diff --git a/templates/core/Cargo.toml.example b/templates/core/Cargo.toml.example
index 187b9ce45..90a709717 100644
--- a/templates/core/Cargo.toml.example
+++ b/templates/core/Cargo.toml.example
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ default-target = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
 #
 # Default targets:
 # - x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-# - x86_64-apple-darwin
+# - aarch64-apple-darwin
 # - x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
 # - i686-unknown-linux-gnu
 # - i686-pc-windows-msvc
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ default-target = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
 # Otherwise, these `targets` are built in addition to the default target.
 # If both `default-target` and `targets` are unset,
 #   all tier-one targets will be built and `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu` will be used as the default target.
-targets = ["x86_64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"]
+targets = ["aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"]
 
 # Additional `RUSTFLAGS` to set (default: [])
 rustc-args = ["--example-rustc-arg"]