diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8890f1d5d..dd833426a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-
 
     - name: Install macOS packages
-      run: brew bundle install
+      run: |
+        brew unlink pkg-config@0.29.2 || true
+        brew bundle install
 
     - name: Install Python requirements
       run: |
diff --git a/Brewfile b/Brewfile
index cefb1d3cd..c04f5f9b4 100644
--- a/Brewfile
+++ b/Brewfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-brew 'pkg-config'
+brew 'pkgconf'
 brew 'zstd'
 brew 'lz4'
 brew 'xxhash'
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 7c4ce7651..d42a75197 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def packages_macos
 
     # now brew, curl, ca-certificates, openssl@3 should be all ok.
     brew update
-    brew install pkg-config readline xxhash zstd lz4 xz
+    brew install pkgconf readline xxhash zstd lz4 xz
     brew install --cask macfuse
     # brew upgrade  # upgrade everything (takes rather long)
     # pyenv shall use the openssl@3 from homebrew: