From 4ef2b6670995535a56bc9dfa1b4f8b63cb062767 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jan C. Rivenaes" <jan@rivenaes.net>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 10:07:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] BLD: fix failing CI test runs on macos

---
 .github/workflows/test.yml | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 7ee36454a..1598e395e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         include:
           - os: macos-latest
-            python-version: 3.8
+            python-version: "3.10"
           - os: macos-latest
             python-version: 3.12
           - os: windows-latest
@@ -33,7 +33,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Fix macos HDF5 library for pytables install (works for python >= 3.10)
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos-latest' }}
+        run: |
+          brew update
+          brew install hdf5
+
       - name: Setup xtgeo
+        env:
+          # relevant for macos builds only
+          HDF5_DIR: /opt/homebrew
         uses: "./.github/actions/setup_xtgeo"
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}