diff --git a/.ci/ios.sh b/.ci/ios.sh
index 8a0d23497a..92e1776c87 100755
--- a/.ci/ios.sh
+++ b/.ci/ios.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash -ex
 
-# TODO: Work around pip install issues with Python 3.12 in the GitHub runner image.
-# See: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/8709
-PYTHON_PATH=$(brew --prefix python@3.11)
-export PATH=$PYTHON_PATH/bin:$PYTHON_PATH/libexec/bin:$PATH
-
 mkdir build && cd build
 cmake .. -GNinja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/.ci/macos.sh b/.ci/macos.sh
index 99a3487309..c4e2a284b1 100755
--- a/.ci/macos.sh
+++ b/.ci/macos.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash -ex
 
-# TODO: Work around pip install issues with Python 3.12 in the GitHub runner image.
-# See: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/8709
-PYTHON_PATH=$(brew --prefix python@3.11)
-export PATH=$PYTHON_PATH/bin:$PYTHON_PATH/libexec/bin:$PATH
-
 mkdir build && cd build
 cmake .. -GNinja \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/CMakeModules/DownloadExternals.cmake b/CMakeModules/DownloadExternals.cmake
index 410a8801fe..c7abe8e528 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/DownloadExternals.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/DownloadExternals.cmake
@@ -67,13 +67,22 @@ function(download_qt target)
 
     if (NOT EXISTS "${prefix}")
         message(STATUS "Downloading binaries for Qt...")
+        set(AQT_PREBUILD_BASE_URL "https://github.com/miurahr/aqtinstall/releases/download/v3.1.9")
         if (WIN32)
             set(aqt_path "${base_path}/aqt.exe")
             file(DOWNLOAD
-                https://github.com/miurahr/aqtinstall/releases/download/v3.1.7/aqt.exe
+                ${AQT_PREBUILD_BASE_URL}/aqt.exe
                 ${aqt_path} SHOW_PROGRESS)
             execute_process(COMMAND ${aqt_path} ${install_args}
                     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${base_path})
+        elseif (APPLE)
+            set(aqt_path "${base_path}/aqt-macos")
+            file(DOWNLOAD
+                ${AQT_PREBUILD_BASE_URL}/aqt-macos
+                ${aqt_path} SHOW_PROGRESS)
+            execute_process(COMMAND chmod +x ${aqt_path})
+            execute_process(COMMAND ${aqt_path} ${install_args}
+                    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${base_path})
         else()
             # aqt does not offer binary releases for other platforms, so download and run from pip.
             set(aqt_install_path "${base_path}/aqt")