diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aa53ba06ec8..c530a9c3fb6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 if (APPLE)
     # if CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET is not set, set it to 11.3
     if (NOT CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)
-        set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "11.3" CACHE STRING "Minimum OS X deployment version")
+        set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "11.3" CACHE STRING "Minimum OS X deployment version" FORCE)
     endif ()
+    message(STATUS "CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: ${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}")
 endif ()
 
 project(OrcaSlicer)
diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index 4352668633e..8b693b28cc0 100644
--- a/deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
 if (APPLE)
     # if CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET is not set, set it to 11.3
     if (NOT CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)
-        set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "11.3" CACHE STRING "Minimum OS X deployment version")
+        set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "11.3" CACHE STRING "Minimum OS X deployment version" FORCE)
     endif ()
+    message(STATUS "CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: ${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}")
+
 endif ()
 
 project(OrcaSlicer-deps)