diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3e32d34f..73148234 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "fxprof-processed-profile"
 version = "0.8.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/AvalancheHQ/samply?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/CodSpeedHQ/samply-codspeed?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.10.0",
  "debugid",
@@ -4416,7 +4416,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "samply"
 version = "0.13.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/AvalancheHQ/samply?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/CodSpeedHQ/samply-codspeed?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.10.0",
  "byteorder",
@@ -4485,7 +4485,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "samply-api"
 version = "0.24.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/AvalancheHQ/samply?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/CodSpeedHQ/samply-codspeed?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
 dependencies = [
  "samply-debugid",
  "samply-symbols",
@@ -4501,7 +4501,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "samply-debugid"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/AvalancheHQ/samply?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/CodSpeedHQ/samply-codspeed?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
 dependencies = [
  "debugid",
  "uuid",
@@ -4510,7 +4510,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "samply-object"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/AvalancheHQ/samply?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/CodSpeedHQ/samply-codspeed?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
 dependencies = [
  "debugid",
  "object 0.39.0",
@@ -4521,7 +4521,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "samply-quota-manager"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/AvalancheHQ/samply?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/CodSpeedHQ/samply-codspeed?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
 dependencies = [
  "bytesize",
  "futures",
@@ -4535,7 +4535,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "samply-symbols"
 version = "0.24.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/AvalancheHQ/samply?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/CodSpeedHQ/samply-codspeed?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
 dependencies = [
  "addr2line 0.26.1",
  "bitflags 2.10.0",
@@ -6016,7 +6016,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "wholesym"
 version = "0.8.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/AvalancheHQ/samply?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/CodSpeedHQ/samply-codspeed?branch=codspeed#7fbe8e5e2412b0cbbab7668f4321d4fbac84529c"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "core-foundation 0.10.1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 88e63201..867e8b2a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ rmp-serde = "1.3.0"
 uuid = { version = "1.21.0", features = ["v4"] }
 which = "8.0.2"
 crc32fast = "1.5.0"
-samply = { git = "https://github.com/AvalancheHQ/samply", branch = "codspeed" }
+samply = { git = "https://github.com/CodSpeedHQ/samply-codspeed", branch = "codspeed" }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 procfs = "0.17.0"
diff --git a/src/executor/helpers/command.rs b/src/executor/helpers/command.rs
index abd7dd8b..bdbc4e1c 100644
--- a/src/executor/helpers/command.rs
+++ b/src/executor/helpers/command.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ impl CommandBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    pub fn env<K, V>(&mut self, key: K, value: V) -> &mut Self
+    where
+        K: AsRef<OsStr>,
+        V: AsRef<OsStr>,
+    {
+        self.envs
+            .insert(key.as_ref().to_owned(), value.as_ref().to_owned());
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn current_dir<D>(&mut self, dir: D)
     where
         D: AsRef<OsStr>,
diff --git a/src/executor/helpers/homebrew.rs b/src/executor/helpers/homebrew.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9c8a320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/executor/helpers/homebrew.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+//! Thin wrappers around the `brew` CLI for macOS-only setup paths.
+
+use crate::executor::helpers::env::is_codspeed_debug_enabled;
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+
+/// Fail unless `brew` is on `PATH`. We intentionally do not install Homebrew
+/// ourselves — that's too invasive a side effect for a profiler setup step.
+fn ensure_brew_available() -> Result<()> {
+    let installed = Command::new("which")
+        .arg("brew")
+        .output()
+        .is_ok_and(|o| o.status.success());
+    if !installed {
+        bail!("Homebrew is required but was not found on PATH");
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Return Homebrew's install prefix (`/opt/homebrew` on Apple Silicon,
+/// `/usr/local` on Intel). Shells out to `brew --prefix` rather than hardcoding
+/// so we don't have to guess the architecture.
+pub fn prefix() -> Result<PathBuf> {
+    let output = Command::new("brew")
+        .arg("--prefix")
+        .output()
+        .context("failed to spawn `brew --prefix`")?;
+    if !output.status.success() {
+        bail!("`brew --prefix` exited with status {}", output.status);
+    }
+    let path = String::from_utf8(output.stdout)
+        .context("`brew --prefix` returned non-UTF-8 output")?
+        .trim()
+        .to_owned();
+    Ok(PathBuf::from(path))
+}
+
+/// Check whether a brew formula is already installed. Uses `brew list <pkg>`,
+/// which is local-only (no network/API hit) and returns non-zero when missing.
+pub fn is_installed(package: &str) -> bool {
+    Command::new("brew")
+        .args(["list", "--formula", "--quiet", package])
+        .output()
+        .is_ok_and(|o| o.status.success())
+}
+
+/// Run `brew install <package>`. Idempotent: brew exits 0 when the formula
+/// is already installed, so callers don't need to pre-check.
+pub fn install(package: &str) -> Result<()> {
+    ensure_brew_available()?;
+
+    // Bypass the logger here: `info!` goes through the spinner-suspend path
+    // which buffers until the spinner ticks, so the message would only show
+    // up after brew returns. We want the user to see it before brew starts.
+    eprintln!("Installing {package} via Homebrew...");
+
+    // Check the user-facing debug knob rather than log::max_level(); the
+    // latter is forced to Trace by the runner's file logger and can't
+    // distinguish "user wants debug output" from "captured to runner.log".
+    let stdio = || {
+        if is_codspeed_debug_enabled() {
+            Stdio::inherit()
+        } else {
+            Stdio::piped()
+        }
+    };
+    let output = Command::new("brew")
+        .args(["install", package])
+        .stdout(stdio())
+        .stderr(stdio())
+        .output()
+        .with_context(|| format!("failed to spawn `brew install {package}`"))?;
+    if !output.status.success() {
+        bail!(
+            "`brew install {package}` exited with status {}\nstdout:\n{}\nstderr:\n{}",
+            output.status,
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout),
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr),
+        );
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/executor/helpers/mod.rs b/src/executor/helpers/mod.rs
index 3e433c7c..43483921 100644
--- a/src/executor/helpers/mod.rs
+++ b/src/executor/helpers/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ pub mod detect_executable;
 pub mod env;
 pub mod get_bench_command;
 pub mod harvest_perf_maps_for_pids;
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+pub mod homebrew;
 pub mod introspected_golang;
 pub mod introspected_nodejs;
 pub mod profile_folder;
diff --git a/src/executor/wall_time/profiler/samply/mod.rs b/src/executor/wall_time/profiler/samply/mod.rs
index c2f8b871..e56ee41b 100644
--- a/src/executor/wall_time/profiler/samply/mod.rs
+++ b/src/executor/wall_time/profiler/samply/mod.rs
@@ -27,11 +27,20 @@ pub struct SamplyProfiler {
     /// returns — samply writes the file itself — but we hold onto it so future
     /// `finalize` work (e.g. validation, conversion) has the path on hand.
     output_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+    /// macOS only: set in [`Profiler::setup`] when the `bash` resolved on PATH
+    /// is Apple-signed and samply can't profile it, so [`Profiler::wrap_command`]
+    /// must prepend brew's bin dir to PATH.
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    needs_brew_bash: std::cell::Cell<bool>,
 }
 
 impl SamplyProfiler {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
-        Self { output_path: None }
+        Self {
+            output_path: None,
+            #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+            needs_brew_bash: std::cell::Cell::new(false),
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -42,7 +51,27 @@ impl Profiler for SamplyProfiler {
         _system_info: &SystemInfo,
         _setup_cache_dir: Option<&Path>,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        ensure_linux_profiling_sysctls()
+        ensure_linux_profiling_sysctls()?;
+
+        // samply can't profile Apple-signed bash. Only do the brew dance if the
+        // bash that samply would actually exec (the first `bash` on PATH) is
+        // signed; if a compatible (ad-hoc-signed) bash is already first on PATH,
+        // we're done.
+        #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+        {
+            use crate::executor::helpers::homebrew;
+            if bash_in_path_is_compatible()? {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+
+            self.needs_brew_bash.set(true);
+            if !homebrew::is_installed("bash") {
+                confirm_bash_install()?;
+                homebrew::install("bash")?;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     async fn wrap_command(
@@ -71,6 +100,23 @@ impl Profiler for SamplyProfiler {
         .get_command_builder()?;
 
         cmd_builder.wrap_with(samply_builder);
+
+        // If `setup` decided the bash on PATH is Apple-signed, prepend brew's
+        // bin so samply's spawned shell resolves to the ad-hoc-signed brew bash
+        // instead. Only the samply child's PATH is touched.
+        #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+        if self.needs_brew_bash.get() {
+            use crate::executor::helpers::homebrew;
+            let brew_bin = homebrew::prefix()?.join("bin");
+            let existing = std::env::var_os("PATH").unwrap_or_default();
+            let mut new_path = std::ffi::OsString::from(brew_bin);
+            if !existing.is_empty() {
+                new_path.push(":");
+                new_path.push(&existing);
+            }
+            cmd_builder.env("PATH", new_path);
+        }
+
         self.output_path = Some(output_path);
         Ok(cmd_builder)
     }
@@ -114,3 +160,59 @@ impl Profiler for SamplyProfiler {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+/// Return `true` if the first `bash` on `PATH` can be profiled by samply.
+/// Compatible bashes (e.g. Homebrew's) are ad-hoc-signed and show
+/// `Signature=adhoc`; the system `/bin/bash` is signed with an `Authority=`
+/// line and is incompatible. Anything we can't classify is treated as
+/// incompatible so we err on the side of installing the brew bash.
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+fn bash_in_path_is_compatible() -> anyhow::Result<bool> {
+    use std::process::Command;
+
+    let which = Command::new("/usr/bin/which")
+        .arg("bash")
+        .output()
+        .context("failed to spawn `which bash`")?;
+    if !which.status.success() {
+        // No bash on PATH at all — samply will fail. Force the brew install
+        // path so we end up with one.
+        return Ok(false);
+    }
+    let bash_path = String::from_utf8_lossy(&which.stdout).trim().to_owned();
+
+    // `codesign -dv` writes to stderr.
+    let codesign = Command::new("/usr/bin/codesign")
+        .args(["-dv", "--verbose=2", &bash_path])
+        .output()
+        .context("failed to spawn `codesign`")?;
+    let info = String::from_utf8_lossy(&codesign.stderr);
+    Ok(info.contains("Signature=adhoc") || info.contains("flags=0x2(adhoc)"))
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+fn confirm_bash_install() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    use crate::local_logger::IS_TTY;
+    use console::Term;
+
+    // Non-interactive (CI): just install
+    if !*IS_TTY {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    eprintln!(
+        "CodSpeed depends on bash for benchmark execution, but can't use /bin/bash because system executables are signed in a way that prevents profiling. Because of this, we need to install bash with Homebrew. This is a one-time setup, your system bash is untouched."
+    );
+    eprint!("\nRun `brew install bash` now? [Y/n] ");
+    let line = Term::stderr().read_line().unwrap_or_default();
+    let answer = line.trim();
+
+    // Default to yes on empty input (just pressing Enter).
+    if !(answer.is_empty()
+        || answer.eq_ignore_ascii_case("y")
+        || answer.eq_ignore_ascii_case("yes"))
+    {
+        bail!("Declined; cannot continue without an unsigned bash");
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}