diff --git a/airflow/dag_processing/manager.py b/airflow/dag_processing/manager.py
index 0e9f8b4bc37b0..e48154dec4e00 100644
--- a/airflow/dag_processing/manager.py
+++ b/airflow/dag_processing/manager.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, NamedTuple
 
 import attrs
-from setproctitle import setproctitle
 from sqlalchemy import delete, select, update
 from tabulate import tabulate
 from uuid6 import uuid7
@@ -181,7 +180,15 @@ def _run_processor_manager(
         # to iterate the child processes
 
         set_new_process_group()
-        setproctitle("airflow scheduler -- DagFileProcessorManager")
+
+        # setproctitle causes issue on Mac OS: https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn/issues/3021
+        os_type = sys.platform
+        if os_type == "darwin":
+            log.info("Mac OS detected, skipping setproctitle")
+        else:
+	    from setproctitle import setproctitle
+            setproctitle("airflow scheduler -- DagFileProcessorManager")
+
         reload_configuration_for_dag_processing()
         processor_manager = DagFileProcessorManager(
             dag_directory=dag_directory,
diff --git a/task_sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py b/task_sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py
index 48dd3ecbfcd67..51230d0e7130f 100644
--- a/task_sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py
+++ b/task_sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py
@@ -214,9 +214,14 @@ def startup() -> tuple[RuntimeTaskInstance, Logger]:
     msg = SUPERVISOR_COMMS.get_message()
 
     if isinstance(msg, StartupDetails):
-        from setproctitle import setproctitle
-
-        setproctitle(f"airflow worker -- {msg.ti.id}")
+        # setproctitle causes issue on Mac OS: https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn/issues/3021
+        os_type = sys.platform
+        if os_type == "darwin":
+            log.info("Mac OS detected, skipping setproctitle")
+        else:
+            from setproctitle import setproctitle
+
+            setproctitle(f"airflow worker -- {msg.ti.id}")
 
         log = structlog.get_logger(logger_name="task")
         # TODO: set the "magic loop" context vars for parsing