diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 28d6d9b4a4..8721df3439 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ executors:
 
   mac-arm64:
     macos:
-      xcode: "13.4.1"
+      xcode: "14.3.1"
     resource_class: macos.m1.medium.gen1
     working_directory: ~/typedb-driver
 
@@ -64,9 +64,19 @@ commands:
         type: string
     steps:
       - run: |
-          amazon-linux-extras install python3.9 java-openjdk11 -y
-          yum install -y git tar gcc gcc-c++ file lsof which procps
-          ln -s /usr/bin/python3.9 /usr/bin/python3
+          amazon-linux-extras install java-openjdk11 -y
+          yum install wget make gcc gcc-c++ openssl-devel bzip2-devel libffi-devel zlib-devel file lsof which procps tar git -y
+          
+          cd /tmp
+          wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.9.6/Python-3.9.6.tgz
+          tar -xvf Python-3.9.6.tgz
+          cd Python-3.9.6
+          ./configure --enable-optimizations --enable-shared
+          make altinstall
+          echo "/usr/local/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf.d/python3.9.conf
+          ldconfig
+          ln -s /usr/local/bin/python3.9 /usr/bin/python3
+          
           curl -OL "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk/releases/download/v1.17.0/bazelisk-linux-<<parameters.bazel-arch>>"
           mv "bazelisk-linux-<<parameters.bazel-arch>>" /usr/local/bin/bazel
           chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/bazel