diff --git a/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig b/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
index 8389dbae6..5dd8d9345 100644
--- a/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
@@ -1025,7 +1025,16 @@ pub fn rebuildCells(
         while (try iter.next(self.alloc)) |run| {
             // Try to read the cells from the shaping cache if we can.
             const shaper_cells = self.font_shaper_cache.get(run) orelse cache: {
-                const cells = try self.font_shaper.shape(run);
+                const cells = if (font.options.backend == .coretext) ct: {
+                    var cf_release_pool = std.ArrayList(*anyopaque).init(self.alloc);
+                    defer {
+                        for (cf_release_pool.items) |ref| {
+                            @import("macos").foundation.CFRelease(ref);
+                        }
+                        cf_release_pool.deinit();
+                    }
+                    break :ct try self.font_shaper.shape(run, &cf_release_pool);
+                } else try self.font_shaper.shape(run);
 
                 // Try to cache them. If caching fails for any reason we continue
                 // because it is just a performance optimization, not a correctness