diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-alpha-build.yml b/.github/workflows/macos-alpha-build.yml
index df7187332..45f3c4aea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos-alpha-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-alpha-build.yml
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup
         run: |
+          # completly uninstall python3 and python3.12
+          brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies python3 -f
+          
           echo 'export PATH="'"$(python3 -m site --user-base)"'/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshenv
           python3 -m pip install --user mercurial
 
-          # completly uninstall python3 and python3.12
-          brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies python3 python3.12 -f
-
           brew install python@3.11
 
       - name: Bootstrap