diff --git a/CI/before_install.osx.sh b/CI/before_install.osx.sh
index ba0ff00ca7..6dad0abc19 100755
--- a/CI/before_install.osx.sh
+++ b/CI/before_install.osx.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
+#!/bin/sh -ex
 
 # workaround python issue on travis
 HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies python@3.8 || true
 HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies python@3.9 || true
+HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies qt@6 || true
 
 # Some of these tools can come from places other than brew, so check before installing
 command -v ccache >/dev/null 2>&1 || brew install ccache
 command -v cmake >/dev/null 2>&1 || brew install cmake
-command -v qmake >/dev/null 2>&1 || brew install qt
+command -v qmake >/dev/null 2>&1 || brew install qt@5
+export PATH="/usr/local/opt/qt@5/bin:$PATH"  # needed to use qmake in none default path as qt now points to qt6
+
+ccache --version
+cmake --version
+qmake --version
 
 curl -fSL -R -J https://downloads.openmw.org/osx/dependencies/openmw-deps-f8918dd.zip -o ~/openmw-deps.zip
 unzip -o ~/openmw-deps.zip -d /private/tmp/openmw-deps > /dev/null
diff --git a/CI/before_script.osx.sh b/CI/before_script.osx.sh
index 8f9be16e1a..36fa792991 100755
--- a/CI/before_script.osx.sh
+++ b/CI/before_script.osx.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export CXX=clang++
 export CC=clang
 
 DEPENDENCIES_ROOT="/private/tmp/openmw-deps/openmw-deps"
-QT_PATH=$(brew --prefix qt)
+QT_PATH=$(brew --prefix qt@5)
 CCACHE_EXECUTABLE=$(brew --prefix ccache)/bin/ccache
 mkdir build
 cd build