diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yaml b/.github/workflows/macos.yaml
index c139df2..2a48059 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
   test:
+    # the "Install festival" step does not work on macos-14 (M1 arm64
+    # architecture), so we stay on an older version
     runs-on: macos-13
 
     env:
@@ -19,12 +21,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
 
-      - name: Install espeak-ng
+      - name: Install espeak
         run: |
           brew update
-          brew install espeak-ng
+          brew install espeak
 
-      - name: Check espeak-ng
+      - name: Check espeak
         run: espeak --version
 
       - name: Cache festival
@@ -49,7 +51,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Check festival
         run: |
-          ls -lA ${{ github.workspace }}/festival/build_festival/festival/bin
           $PHONEMIZER_FESTIVAL_EXECUTABLE --version
 
       - name: Install phonemizer