maybe this will work better?

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -65,6 +65,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         version: 7
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: brew install imagemagick vips pkg-config
+      run: brew install imagemagick vips
     - name: Build
       run: pnpm install --config.strict-peer-dependencies=false && pnpm run build

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${ImageMagick_LIBRARIES})
 
 pkg_check_modules(VIPS REQUIRED vips-cpp)
 include_directories(${VIPS_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+link_directories(${VIPS_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${VIPS_LIBRARIES})