mssql-python==1.8.0 fails with dlopen failed to resolve symbol.

[sam-leonard-ct]

Describe the bug

Importing mssql-python on macOS fails with

ImportError: dlopen(/Users/my_user/some_dir/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/mssql_python/ddbc_bindings.cp312-universal2.so, 0x0002): symbol not found in flat namespace '__ZN7simdutf40convert_utf16le_to_utf8_with_replacementEPKDsmPc'

Which corresponds with this symbol:
_simdutf::convert_utf16le_to_utf8_with_replacement(char16_t const*, unsigned long, char*)

To reproduce

import mssql_python

Expected behavior

The symbol should be found and the library should load.

Further technical details

Python version: 3.12.11
SQL Server version: Doesn't matter
Operating system: MacOS 26.5.1
mssql-python: 1.8.0

mssql-python==1.7.1 does not exhibit this problem.

[sam-leonard-ct]

Checked in our Linux CI and it works fine.

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