diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 695aece17..c1d873462 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ macos_task_template: &MACOS_TASK_TEMPLATE
     - echo $PATH
     - export PATH="${HOME}/.local/bin:`python3 -m site --user-base`/bin:$PATH"
     - echo $PATH
-    - ln -s -f /usr/local/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python
+    - sudo ln -s -f /usr/local/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python
     - chmod -R 755 /opt/homebrew/opt/qt6/*
     - chmod -R 755 /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@1.1/*
     - python3 --version
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index b973a4137..8382743c7 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ for:
     - export PATH="$QTDIR/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:`python3 -m site --user-base`/bin:${HOME}/Qt/Qt Creator.app/Contents/MacOS:$PATH"
     - echo $PATH
     - python3 --version
-    - ln -s -f /usr/local/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python
+    - sudo ln -s -f /usr/local/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python
     - |-
 
       ###############################################################
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ for:
     - export PATH="$QTDIR/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:`python3 -m site --user-base`/bin:${HOME}/Qt/Qt Creator.app/Contents/MacOS:$PATH"
     - echo $PATH
     - python3 --version
-    - ln -s -f /usr/local/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python
+    - sudo ln -s -f /usr/local/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python
     - sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
     - pip3 install --user --upgrade pip dropbox conan==1.60
     - conan --version