diff --git a/requirements-freqai.txt b/requirements-freqai.txt
index 9f6390e56..60eaad131 100644
--- a/requirements-freqai.txt
+++ b/requirements-freqai.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # Required for freqai
 scikit-learn==1.1.3
 joblib==1.2.0
+catboost==1.1.1; platform_machine == 'darwin' and python_version < '3.9'
 catboost==1.2; 'arm' not in platform_machine
 lightgbm==3.3.5
 xgboost==1.7.5