diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index 260d6a53e..461034bba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: false
     env:
       BUILD_TYPE: Release
-      ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON: "OFF"
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - run: pip install "conan<2.0.0"
@@ -335,7 +334,7 @@ jobs:
             build_node_package: true
             continue-on-error: true
             node: 20
-            runs-on: macos-11
+            runs-on: macos-13 # x86_64
             BUILD_TYPE: Release
             CCOMPILER: clang
             CXXCOMPILER: clang++
@@ -347,14 +346,13 @@ jobs:
             build_node_package: true
             continue-on-error: true
             node: 20
-            runs-on: macos-11
+            runs-on: macos-14 # arm64 
             BUILD_TYPE: Release
             CCOMPILER: clang
             CXXCOMPILER: clang++
             CUCUMBER_TIMEOUT: 60000
             ENABLE_ASSERTIONS: ON
             ENABLE_CONAN: ON
-            ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON: ON
 
     name: ${{ matrix.name}}
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.continue-on-error }}
@@ -374,13 +372,13 @@ jobs:
       ENABLE_CONAN: ${{ matrix.ENABLE_CONAN }}
       ENABLE_SANITIZER: ${{ matrix.ENABLE_SANITIZER }}
       NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY }}
-      ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON: ${{ matrix.ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON }}
       TARGET_ARCH: ${{ matrix.TARGET_ARCH }}
       OSRM_CONNECTION_RETRIES: ${{ matrix.OSRM_CONNECTION_RETRIES }}
       OSRM_CONNECTION_EXP_BACKOFF_COEF: ${{ matrix.OSRM_CONNECTION_EXP_BACKOFF_COEF }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
+    - name: Build machine architecture
+      run: uname -m
     - name: Use Node.js
       uses: actions/setup-node@v3
       with:
@@ -403,9 +401,9 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/cache@v3
       with:
         path: ~/.conan
-        key: v7-conan-${{ matrix.name }}-${{ github.sha }}
+        key: v9-conan-${{ matrix.name }}-${{ github.sha }}
         restore-keys: |
-          v7-conan-${{ matrix.name }}-
+          v9-conan-${{ matrix.name }}-
     - name: Enable test cache
       uses: actions/cache@v3
       with:
@@ -434,7 +432,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dev dependencies
       run: |
-        python3 -m pip install "conan<2.0.0"
+        python3 -m pip install "conan<2.0.0" || python3 -m pip install "conan<2.0.0" --break-system-packages
 
         # workaround for issue that GitHub Actions seems to not adding it to PATH after https://github.com/actions/runner-images/pull/6499
         # and that's why CI cannot find conan executable installed above
@@ -497,16 +495,6 @@ jobs:
         echo "Using ${JOBS} jobs"
         pushd ${OSRM_BUILD_DIR}
 
-        # handle Apple Silicon cross compilation
-        if [[ "${ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON}" == "ON" ]]; then
-          ARCH=arm64
-          TARGET="${ARCH}-apple-darwin"
-          CFLAGS="$CFLAGS --target=$TARGET"
-          CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS --target=$TARGET"
-          APPLE_SILICON_FLAGS=(-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_TARGET="$TARGET" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_TARGET="$TARGET" -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR="${ARCH}" -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME="Darwin" -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="$CFLAGS" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$CXXFLAGS")
-        else
-          APPLE_SILICON_FLAGS=()
-        fi
 
         cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
                  -DENABLE_CONAN=${ENABLE_CONAN:-OFF} \
@@ -518,12 +506,10 @@ jobs:
                  -DENABLE_SANITIZER=${ENABLE_SANITIZER:-OFF} \
                  -DBUILD_TOOLS=${BUILD_TOOLS:-OFF} \
                  -DENABLE_CCACHE=ON \
-                 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${OSRM_INSTALL_DIR} \
-                 "${APPLE_SILICON_FLAGS[@]}"
-
+                 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${OSRM_INSTALL_DIR}
         make --jobs=${JOBS}
 
-        if [[ "${NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY}" != "ON" && "${ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON}" != "ON" ]]; then
+        if [[ "${NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY}" != "ON" ]]; then
           make tests --jobs=${JOBS}
           make benchmarks --jobs=${JOBS}
           ccache -s
@@ -535,14 +521,14 @@ jobs:
         fi
         popd
     - name: Build example
-      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY != 'ON' && matrix.ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON != 'ON' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY != 'ON' }}
       run: |
         mkdir example/build && pushd example/build
         cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE}
         make --jobs=${JOBS}
         popd
     - name: Run all tests
-      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY != 'ON' && matrix.ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON != 'ON' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY != 'ON' }}
       run: |
         make -C test/data benchmark
 
@@ -571,32 +557,32 @@ jobs:
         popd
 
     - name: Use Node 18
-      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY == 'ON' && matrix.ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON != 'ON' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY == 'ON' }}
       uses: actions/setup-node@v3
       with:
         node-version: 18
     - name: Run Node package tests on Node 18
-      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY == 'ON' && matrix.ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON != 'ON' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY == 'ON' }}
       run: |
         node --version
         npm run nodejs-tests
     - name: Use Node 20
-      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY == 'ON' && matrix.ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON != 'ON' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY == 'ON' }}
       uses: actions/setup-node@v3
       with:
         node-version: 20
     - name: Run Node package tests on Node 20
-      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY == 'ON' && matrix.ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON != 'ON' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY == 'ON' }}
       run: |
         node --version
         npm run nodejs-tests
     - name: Use Node latest
-      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY == 'ON' && matrix.ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON != 'ON' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY == 'ON' }}
       uses: actions/setup-node@v3
       with:
         node-version: latest
     - name: Run Node package tests on Node-latest
-      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY == 'ON' && matrix.ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON != 'ON' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.NODE_PACKAGE_TESTS_ONLY == 'ON' }}
       run: |
         node --version
         npm run nodejs-tests
@@ -624,15 +610,6 @@ jobs:
     #     name: codecov-osrm-backend
     #     fail_ci_if_error: true
     #     verbose: true
-    - name: Check Apple Silicon binary
-      if: ${{  matrix.ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON == 'ON' }}
-      run: |
-        ARCH=$(file ./lib/binding/node_osrm.node | awk '{printf $NF}')
-        if [[ "$ARCH" != "arm64" ]]; then
-          file ./lib/binding/node_osrm.node
-          >&2 echo "Wrong architecture!"
-          exit 1
-        fi
     - name: Build Node package
       if: ${{ matrix.build_node_package }}
       run: ./scripts/ci/node_package.sh
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d462fc560..7f0fa3949 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     - NodeJS:
       - CHANGED: Use node-api instead of NAN. [#6452](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6452)
     - Misc:
+      - CHANGED: Update Conan Boost version to 1.85.0. [#6868](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6868)
       - FIXED: Fix an error in a RouteParameters AnnotationsType operator overload. [#6646](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6646)
       - ADDED: Add support for "unlimited" to be passed as a value for the default-radius and max-matching-radius flags. [#6599](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6599)
       - CHANGED: Allow -1.0 as unlimited for default_radius value. [#6599](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6599)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d50bd443..1a87e2833 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ if(ENABLE_CONAN)
 
   conan_check(REQUIRED)
 
-  set(CONAN_BOOST_VERSION "1.79.0@#96e4902111a2e343a8ba0aa95391bb58")
+  set(CONAN_BOOST_VERSION "1.85.0@#14265ec82b25d91305bbb3b30d3357f8")
   set(CONAN_BZIP2_VERSION "1.0.8@#d1b2d5816f25865acf978501dff1f897")
   set(CONAN_EXPAT_VERSION "2.2.10@#916908d4a570ad839edd25322c3268cd")
   set(CONAN_LUA_VERSION "5.4.4@#3ec62efc37cd0a5d80b9e5cb35277360")
diff --git a/scripts/ci/node_package.sh b/scripts/ci/node_package.sh
index 8df7c50e0..19f6bbf4a 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/node_package.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/node_package.sh
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ if [[ ${BUILD_TYPE} == "Debug" ]]; then
     NPM_FLAGS='--debug'
 fi
 
-# append --target_arch in order to handle cross-compilation for Apple Silicon
-if [[ "$ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON" == "ON" ]]; then
-    NPM_FLAGS="${NPM_FLAGS} --target_arch=arm64"
-fi
-
 echo "dumping binary meta..."
 ./node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp reveal $NPM_FLAGS