diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-macos.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-macos.yml
index b8b20af91..d0392e152 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-macos.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
             with-solver: strumpack
             with-eigensolver: slepc
 
-    runs-on: macos-latest-xl
+    runs-on: macos-latest-xlarge
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           brew install pkg-config
 
+      - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
+        with:
+          version: '1'
+
       - name: Configure Open MPI
         if: matrix.mpi == 'openmpi'
         run: |
@@ -84,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
             export FC=gfortran-12
           fi
           if [[ "${{ matrix.math-libs }}" == 'openblas' ]]; then
-            export OPENBLAS_DIR=/usr/local/opt/openblas
+            export OPENBLAS_DIR=$(brew --prefix openblas)
           fi
           export NUM_PROC_BUILD=$(nproc 2> /dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
           if [[ "$NUM_PROC_BUILD" -gt "$NUM_PROC_BUILD_MAX" ]]; then
diff --git a/cmake/ExternalBLASLAPACK.cmake b/cmake/ExternalBLASLAPACK.cmake
index 3860f95b2..6c190e565 100644
--- a/cmake/ExternalBLASLAPACK.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ExternalBLASLAPACK.cmake
@@ -162,7 +162,15 @@ else()
     set(OPENBLAS_DIR $ENV{OPENBLAS_ROOT})
   else()
     set(OPENBLAS_DIR)
+    message(STATUS "Using BLAS/LAPACK located by CMake")
   endif()
+
+  if(NOT OPENBLAS_DIR STREQUAL "")
+    # If OpenBLAS was found set the vendor to avoid conflict with Accelerate on Darwin
+    set(BLA_VENDOR "OpenBLAS")
+    message(STATUS "Using BLAS/LAPACK from OpenBLAS")
+  endif()
+
   list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${OPENBLAS_DIR})
   find_package(BLAS REQUIRED)
   find_package(LAPACK REQUIRED)
@@ -181,7 +189,6 @@ else()
     PATH_SUFFIXES include include/openblas
     REQUIRED
   )
-  message(STATUS "Using BLAS/LAPACK located by CMake")
 endif()
 
 # Save variables to cache
diff --git a/cmake/ExternalHYPRE.cmake b/cmake/ExternalHYPRE.cmake
index 1e2d74090..58fa47d55 100644
--- a/cmake/ExternalHYPRE.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ExternalHYPRE.cmake
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER STREQUAL MPI_C_COMPILER)
     set(HYPRE_CXXFLAGS "${HYPRE_CXXFLAGS} -I${INCLUDE_DIR}")
   endforeach()
   string(REPLACE ";" " " HYPRE_MPI_LIBRARIES "${MPI_C_LIBRARIES}")
-  set(HYPRE_LDFLAGS "${HYPRE_LDFLAGS} ${HYPRE_MPI_LIBRARIES}")
+  set(HYPRE_LDFLAGS "${HYPRE_LDFLAGS} ${HYPRE_MPI_LIBRARIES} -lm")
 endif()
 
 # Use Autotools build instead of CMake for HIP support