diff --git a/.github/workflows/apple.yml b/.github/workflows/apple.yml
index de273f4740..59a30af049 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apple.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apple.yml
@@ -10,14 +10,20 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: sysctl -a | grep machdep.cpu
       - name: deps
-        run: brew install automake libtool boost pkg-config libevent berkeley-db@4
+        run: brew install automake libtool boost pkg-config libevent berkeley-db@4 curl
+      - name: download guix binary
+        run: |
+          curl -L "https://github.com/ElementsProject/elements/releases/download/elements-23.2.1/elements-23.2.1-arm64-apple-darwin.tar.gz" | tar xzv
+          mv elements-23.2.1/bin/elementsd src/
+          mv elements-23.2.1/bin/elements-cli src/
+          mv elements-23.2.1/bin/elements-wallet src/
       - name: build
         run: |
           ./autogen.sh
           ./configure
-          make -j3 src/elementsd
-          make -j3 src/elements-cli
-          make -j3 src/elements-wallet
+        #   make -j3 src/elementsd
+        #   make -j3 src/elements-cli
+        #   make -j3 src/elements-wallet
       - name: test
         run: |
           ./test/functional/test_runner.py --jobs 3