diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
index ccdab6c9..344156dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@main
     - name: Homebrew
       run: |
-        brew install qt6 pkgconf@1 jq
+        which pkg-config || brew install pkg-config
+        brew install qt6 jq
     - name: configure
       run: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
     - name: build
@@ -163,7 +164,8 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@main
     - name: Homebrew
       run: |
-        brew install qt6 pkgconf@1 jq mongo-c-driver gflags glog lz4
+        which pkg-config || brew install pkg-config
+        brew install qt6 jq mongo-c-driver gflags glog lz4
     - name: configure
       run: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-shared-mongoc --enable-shared-glog --enable-shared-lz4
     - name: build