diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yml b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
index de4fd5d0..934c3578 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 name: macOS latest
 
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'ign-common[0-9]'
+      - 'gz-common[0-9]'
+      - 'main'
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -8,22 +14,24 @@ jobs:
       PACKAGE: gz-common5
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Homebrew
       id: set-up-homebrew
       uses: Homebrew/actions/setup-homebrew@master
     - run: brew config
+    - run: brew list
 
     # Workaround for https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/577
     - name: Clean up python binaries
       run: |
-        rm -f /usr/local/bin/2to3*;
-        rm -f /usr/local/bin/idle3*;
-        rm -f /usr/local/bin/pydoc3*;
-        rm -f /usr/local/bin/python3*;
-        rm -f /usr/local/bin/python3*-config;
-
+        rm -f $(brew --prefix)/bin/2to3*;
+        rm -f $(brew --prefix)/bin/idle3*;
+        rm -f $(brew --prefix)/bin/pydoc3*;
+        rm -f $(brew --prefix)/bin/python3*;
+        rm -f $(brew --prefix)/bin/python3*-config;
     - name: Install base dependencies
+      env:
+        HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK: 1
       run: |
         brew tap osrf/simulation;
         # check for ci_matching_branch
@@ -45,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     - run: mkdir build
     - name: cmake
       working-directory: build
-      run: cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/Cellar/${PACKAGE}/HEAD
+      run: cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(brew --prefix)/Cellar/${PACKAGE}/HEAD
     - run: make
       working-directory: build
     # Run make install before make test so that the package will be available to