diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a86b00fdc6f..77e4597b6d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Homebrew packages
         env:
           HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK: 1
-        run: brew install automake libtool pkg-config gnu-getopt ccache boost libevent miniupnpc libnatpmp zeromq qt@5 qrencode
+        run: |
+          # A workaround for "The `brew link` step did not complete successfully" error.
+          brew install python@3 || brew link --overwrite python@3
+          brew install automake libtool pkg-config gnu-getopt ccache boost libevent miniupnpc libnatpmp zeromq qt@5 qrencode
 
       - name: Set Ccache directory
         run: echo "CCACHE_DIR=${RUNNER_TEMP}/ccache_dir" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native.sh
index 439fba16efd..c47f13f96ed 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_native.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 
 export HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin
-export PIP_PACKAGES="zmq"
+# Homebrew's python@3.12 is marked as externally managed (PEP 668).
+# Therefore, `--break-system-packages` is needed.
+export PIP_PACKAGES="--break-system-packages zmq"
 export GOAL="install"
 export BITCOIN_CONFIG="--with-gui --with-miniupnpc --with-natpmp --enable-reduce-exports"
 export CI_OS_NAME="macos"