diff --git a/ci/test_darwin.sh b/ci/test_darwin.sh
index 4a1068a8a..81ea9911a 100755
--- a/ci/test_darwin.sh
+++ b/ci/test_darwin.sh
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ PARAMS_FILE="${PARAMETERS_DIR}/parameters_aws.py.gpg"
 [ ${cloud_provider} == gcp ] && PARAMS_FILE="${PARAMETERS_DIR}/parameters_gcp.py.gpg"
 gpg --quiet --batch --yes --decrypt --passphrase="${PARAMETERS_SECRET}" ${PARAMS_FILE} > test/parameters.py
 
-python3.8 -m venv venv
+rm -rf venv
+python3.12 -m venv venv
 . venv/bin/activate
-pip install -U tox>=4
+python3.12 -m pip install -U tox>=4
 
 # Run tests
 cd $CONNECTOR_DIR
@@ -29,9 +30,10 @@ for PYTHON_VERSION in ${PYTHON_VERSIONS}; do
     echo "[Info] Testing with ${PYTHON_VERSION}"
     SHORT_VERSION=$(python3 -c "print('${PYTHON_VERSION}'.replace('.', ''))")
     CONNECTOR_WHL=$(ls ${CONNECTOR_DIR}/dist/snowflake_connector_python*cp${SHORT_VERSION}*.whl)
-    TEST_ENVLIST=$(python3 -c "print('fix_lint,' + ','.join('py${SHORT_VERSION}-' + e + '-ci' for e in ['unit','integ','pandas','sso']) + ',py${SHORT_VERSION}-coverage')")
+    # pandas not tested here because of macos issue: SNOW-1660226
+    TEST_ENVLIST=$(python3 -c "print('fix_lint,' + ','.join('py${SHORT_VERSION}-' + e + '-ci' for e in ['unit','integ','sso']) + ',py${SHORT_VERSION}-coverage')")
     echo "[Info] Running tox for ${TEST_ENVLIST}"
-    python3 -m tox -e ${TEST_ENVLIST} --installpkg ${CONNECTOR_WHL}
+    python3.12 -m tox run -e ${TEST_ENVLIST} --installpkg ${CONNECTOR_WHL}
 done
 
 deactivate