diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/macos_builds.yml
index 7d84a750..9f3886aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos_builds.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: dependencies
+      env:
+        HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK: 1
       run: brew install libcbor llvm mandoc openssl@3.0 pkg-config zlib
     - name: build
       env: