diff --git a/ci/macos/prepare.sh b/ci/macos/prepare.sh
index 25ad859b33..4494fdbc9a 100755
--- a/ci/macos/prepare.sh
+++ b/ci/macos/prepare.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ set -x
 
 brew update
 brew upgrade cmake
-brew install cppzmq openssl@3 swig bison flex ccache libmaxminddb dnsmasq
+brew install cppzmq openssl@3 python@3 swig bison flex ccache libmaxminddb dnsmasq
+
+which python3
+python3 --version
 
-# Upgrade pip so we have the --break-system-packages option.
-python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python3 -m pip install --user --break-system-packages websockets