diff --git a/dependencies/7zip/macx/Version.txt b/dependencies/7zip/macx/Version.txt
index 3d5e31b5..845fb0a7 100644
--- a/dependencies/7zip/macx/Version.txt
+++ b/dependencies/7zip/macx/Version.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 7zip 23.01 built from the original sources using the Format7zF bundle
 
-TODO: try to get the optimized version of 7z.so by using the custom makefiles.
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+Universal binary created using lipo:
+
+lipo -create -arch arm64 arm64/7z.so -arch x86_64 x86_64/7z.so -o universal/7z.so
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diff --git a/dependencies/7zip/macx/universal/7z.so b/dependencies/7zip/macx/universal/7z.so
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..cf94e537
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