diff --git a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
index b8765696..3e5400ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
+          - macos-latest
           #TODO re-enable these:
-          #- macos-latest
           #- windows-latest
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
       - name: Fix node-gyp and Python
-        run: python3 -m pip install packaging setuptools
+        run: python3 -m pip install packaging setuptools --break-system-packages || python3 -m pip install packaging setuptools
       - name: Get yarn cache directory path
         id: yarn-cache-dir-path
         run: echo "dir=$(yarn cache dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT