diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 78f5076..20813f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -96,8 +96,11 @@ jobs:
         CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: ${{ ( startsWith( matrix.os, 'macos' ) && 'sudo -E bash add_libmagic.sh' ) || 'bash add_libmagic.sh' }}
         # build macos wheels with maximum backwards compatibility (gcc -mmacosx-version-min flag)
         MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: ${{ ( endsWith( matrix.only, 'arm64' ) && '11.0' ) || '10.9' }}
-        # simple smoke test run on each wheel: this is an HLS MP4 video, only recognised in recent versions of libmagic
-        CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: python -c "import magic; assert magic.Magic(mime=True).from_buffer(b'\x00\x00\x00\x1cftypiso5\x00\x00\x00\x01isomiso5hlsf\x00\x00') == 'video/mp4'"
+        # run pytest on each wheel (after cibuildwheel installs it outside the build venv)
+        CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: pytest
+        CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: pytest {project}
+        # for pytest on windows
+        LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
 
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
diff --git a/test/python_magic_test.py b/test/python_magic_test.py
index 7ead8dd..859aa02 100755
--- a/test/python_magic_test.py
+++ b/test/python_magic_test.py
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ def test_from_buffer_str_and_bytes(self):
             in ("text/x-python", "text/x-script.python")
         )
 
+    def test_recent_libmagic_version(self):
+        m = magic.Magic(mime=True)
+        # this type of (hls) mp4 file is only recognized in recent libmagic versions
+        hls_bytes = b"\x00\x00\x00\x1cftypiso5\x00\x00\x00\x01isomiso5hlsf\x00\x00"
+        self.assertEqual(m.from_buffer(hls_bytes), "video/mp4")
+
     def test_mime_types(self):
         dest = os.path.join(MagicTest.TESTDATA_DIR, b"\xce\xbb".decode("utf-8"))
         shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(MagicTest.TESTDATA_DIR, "lambda"), dest)