diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index 88635898..3b6500f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -418,17 +418,24 @@ jobs:
       - run: pnpm exec ferric --apple
         working-directory: packages/ferric-example
       - name: Inspect the structure of the prebuilt binary
-        run: lipo -info ferric_example.apple.node/*/libferric_example.framework/libferric_example > lipo-info.txt
+        run: |
+          lipo -info ferric_example.apple.node/*/libferric_example.framework/libferric_example > lipo-output.txt
+          otool -L ferric_example.apple.node/*/libferric_example.framework/libferric_example > otool-output.txt
         working-directory: packages/ferric-example
-      - name: Upload lipo info
+      - name: Upload lipo output
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: lipo-output
+          path: packages/ferric-example/lipo-output.txt
+      - name: Upload otool output
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
-          name: lipo-info
-          path: packages/ferric-example/lipo-info.txt
+          name: otool-output
+          path: packages/ferric-example/otool-output.txt
       - name: Verify Apple triplet builds
         run: |
           # Create expected fixture content
-          cat > expected-lipo-info.txt << 'EOF'
+          cat > expected-lipo-output.txt << 'EOF'
           Architectures in the fat file: ferric_example.apple.node/ios-arm64_x86_64-simulator/libferric_example.framework/libferric_example are: x86_64 arm64 
           Architectures in the fat file: ferric_example.apple.node/macos-arm64_x86_64/libferric_example.framework/libferric_example are: x86_64 arm64 
           Architectures in the fat file: ferric_example.apple.node/tvos-arm64_x86_64-simulator/libferric_example.framework/libferric_example are: x86_64 arm64 
@@ -438,5 +445,24 @@ jobs:
           Non-fat file: ferric_example.apple.node/xros-arm64/libferric_example.framework/libferric_example is architecture: arm64
           EOF
           # Compare with expected fixture (will fail if files differ)
-          diff expected-lipo-info.txt lipo-info.txt
+          diff expected-lipo-output.txt lipo-output.txt
+          # Verify every binary depends on the weak-node-api framework.
+          # otool -L prints one header line per file, or one per architecture
+          # when the file is fat, so the number of headers is exactly the number
+          # of weak-node-api dependencies we expect. Deriving it beats
+          # hard-coding a count, which silently rots whenever a triplet is added
+          # or dropped.
+          # macOS frameworks use the versioned bundle layout, so their install
+          # name is .../weak-node-api.framework/Versions/<version>/weak-node-api
+          # where the embedded platforms get the flat
+          # .../weak-node-api.framework/weak-node-api — hence the optional
+          # "Versions/<version>/" in the pattern.
+          SLICE_COUNT=$(grep -c "^ferric_example\.apple\.node/.*:$" otool-output.txt || true)
+          WEAK_NODE_API_COUNT=$(grep -cE "@rpath/weak-node-api\.framework/(Versions/[^/]+/)?weak-node-api" otool-output.txt || true)
+          echo "Found $WEAK_NODE_API_COUNT weak-node-api dependencies across $SLICE_COUNT binaries"
+          if [ "$SLICE_COUNT" -eq 0 ] || [ "$WEAK_NODE_API_COUNT" -ne "$SLICE_COUNT" ]; then
+            echo "Expected $SLICE_COUNT dependencies on the weak-node-api framework (one per binary), found $WEAK_NODE_API_COUNT"
+            cat otool-output.txt
+            exit 1
+          fi
         working-directory: packages/ferric-example