diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
index 6f92e7e93..2fe8a448f 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ azure_core_cpp:
 azure_identity_cpp:
 - 1.13.2
 azure_storage_blobs_cpp:
-- 12.15.0
+- 12.16.0
 azure_storage_files_datalake_cpp:
-- 12.13.0
+- 12.14.0
 brotli:
 - '1.2'
 bzip2:
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version14cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version14.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version14cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version14.yaml
index 44f6d5293..2c8901cd2 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version14cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version14.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_64_c_compiler_version14cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version14.yaml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ azure_core_cpp:
 azure_identity_cpp:
 - 1.13.2
 azure_storage_blobs_cpp:
-- 12.15.0
+- 12.16.0
 azure_storage_files_datalake_cpp:
-- 12.13.0
+- 12.14.0
 brotli:
 - '1.2'
 bzip2:
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
index 89caa5d67..4ef3380cb 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ azure_core_cpp:
 azure_identity_cpp:
 - 1.13.2
 azure_storage_blobs_cpp:
-- 12.15.0
+- 12.16.0
 azure_storage_files_datalake_cpp:
-- 12.13.0
+- 12.14.0
 brotli:
 - '1.2'
 bzip2:
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version14cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version14.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version14cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version14.yaml
index f8997484b..aa46c979e 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version14cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version14.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_aarch64_c_compiler_version14cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version14.yaml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ azure_core_cpp:
 azure_identity_cpp:
 - 1.13.2
 azure_storage_blobs_cpp:
-- 12.15.0
+- 12.16.0
 azure_storage_files_datalake_cpp:
-- 12.13.0
+- 12.14.0
 brotli:
 - '1.2'
 bzip2:
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
index cbfee441e..79002e4dd 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version11cuda_compiler_version11.8cxx_compiler_version11.yaml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ azure_core_cpp:
 azure_identity_cpp:
 - 1.13.2
 azure_storage_blobs_cpp:
-- 12.15.0
+- 12.16.0
 azure_storage_files_datalake_cpp:
-- 12.13.0
+- 12.14.0
 brotli:
 - '1.2'
 bzip2:
diff --git a/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version14cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version14.yaml b/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version14cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version14.yaml
index c54a348c6..9ebf8923b 100644
--- a/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version14cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version14.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/linux_ppc64le_c_compiler_version14cuda_compiler_versionNonecxx_compiler_version14.yaml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ azure_core_cpp:
 azure_identity_cpp:
 - 1.13.2
 azure_storage_blobs_cpp:
-- 12.15.0
+- 12.16.0
 azure_storage_files_datalake_cpp:
-- 12.13.0
+- 12.14.0
 brotli:
 - '1.2'
 bzip2:
diff --git a/.ci_support/migrations/aws_crt_cpp0354.yaml b/.ci_support/migrations/aws_crt_cpp0354.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 65978f586..000000000
--- a/.ci_support/migrations/aws_crt_cpp0354.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-__migrator:
-  build_number: 1
-  commit_message: Rebuild for aws_crt_cpp 0.35.4
-  kind: version
-  migration_number: 1
-aws_crt_cpp:
-- 0.35.4
-migrator_ts: 1765205792.4486868
diff --git a/.ci_support/migrations/azure_storage_2026_01.yaml b/.ci_support/migrations/azure_storage_2026_01.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b380fcbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci_support/migrations/azure_storage_2026_01.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+__migrator:
+  build_number: 1
+  commit_message: Rebuild for Azure Storage January 2026 release
+  kind: version
+  migration_number: 1
+  exclude_pinned_pkgs: false
+azure_storage_common_cpp:
+- 12.12.0
+azure_storage_blobs_cpp:
+- 12.16.0
+azure_storage_files_datalake_cpp:
+- 12.14.0
+azure_storage_files_shares_cpp:
+- 12.16.0
+azure_storage_queues_cpp:
+- 12.6.0
+migrator_ts: 1768317460
diff --git a/.ci_support/migrations/brotli12.yaml b/.ci_support/migrations/brotli12.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index bfc19e1e0..000000000
--- a/.ci_support/migrations/brotli12.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-__migrator:
-  build_number: 1
-  commit_message: Rebuild for brotli 1.2
-  kind: version
-  migration_number: 1
-brotli:
-- '1.2'
-libbrotlicommon:
-- '1.2'
-libbrotlidec:
-- '1.2'
-libbrotlienc:
-- '1.2'
-migrator_ts: 1761598392.2337856
diff --git a/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml b/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml
index 8fa0597a6..2811f2888 100644
--- a/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ azure_core_cpp:
 azure_identity_cpp:
 - 1.13.2
 azure_storage_blobs_cpp:
-- 12.15.0
+- 12.16.0
 azure_storage_files_datalake_cpp:
-- 12.13.0
+- 12.14.0
 brotli:
 - '1.2'
 bzip2:
diff --git a/.ci_support/osx_arm64_.yaml b/.ci_support/osx_arm64_.yaml
index fe57641dc..2d3bf73d9 100644
--- a/.ci_support/osx_arm64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/osx_arm64_.yaml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ azure_core_cpp:
 azure_identity_cpp:
 - 1.13.2
 azure_storage_blobs_cpp:
-- 12.15.0
+- 12.16.0
 azure_storage_files_datalake_cpp:
-- 12.13.0
+- 12.14.0
 brotli:
 - '1.2'
 bzip2:
diff --git a/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh b/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
index 361edeb2c..bac7141a9 100755
--- a/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
+++ b/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,25 @@ if [[ "${sha:-}" == "" ]]; then
   sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 fi
 
+if [[ "${OSX_SDK_DIR:-}" == "" ]]; then
+  if [[ "${CI:-}" == "" ]]; then
+    echo "Please set OSX_SDK_DIR to a directory where SDKs can be downloaded to. Aborting"
+    exit 1
+  else
+    export OSX_SDK_DIR=/opt/conda-sdks
+    /usr/bin/sudo mkdir -p "${OSX_SDK_DIR}"
+    /usr/bin/sudo chown "${USER}" "${OSX_SDK_DIR}"
+  fi
+else
+  if tmpf=$(mktemp -p "$OSX_SDK_DIR" tmp.XXXXXXXX 2>/dev/null); then
+      rm -f "$tmpf"
+      echo "OSX_SDK_DIR is writeable without sudo, continuing"
+  else
+      echo "User-provided OSX_SDK_DIR is not writeable for current user! Aborting"
+      exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
 echo -e "\n\nRunning the build setup script."
 source run_conda_forge_build_setup
 
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 9394b7935..dab206610 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ source:
     folder: cpp/submodules/parquet-testing
 
 build:
-  number: 6
+  number: 7
   # for cuda support, building with one version is enough to be compatible with
   # all later versions, since arrow is only using libcuda, and not libcudart.
   skip: true  # [cuda_compiler_version not in ("None", cuda_compiler_version_min)]