diff --git a/.github/actions/build-macos/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-macos/action.yml
index d499235b..cda7ec13 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-macos/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-macos/action.yml
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ runs:
       run: |
         mkdir xerces-c
         cd xerces-c
-        curl -o xerces-c.zip https://dlcdn.apache.org/xerces/c/3/sources/xerces-c-3.2.5.zip
+        curl -o xerces-c.zip https://dlcdn.apache.org/xerces/c/3/sources/xerces-c-3.3.0.zip
         tar -xf xerces-c.zip --strip-components=1
 
     - name: Xerces-C - build arm64
       shell: bash
       working-directory: xerces-c
       run: |
-        ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=$(pwd)/_build_mac_arm CFLAGS="-arch arm64" CXXFLAGS="-arch arm64"
+        ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=$(pwd)/_build_mac_arm CFLAGS="-arch arm64" CXXFLAGS="-arch arm64" --enable-xmlch-uint16_t
         make -j
         make install
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       working-directory: xerces-c
       run: |
-        ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=$(pwd)/_build_mac_x64 CFLAGS="-arch x86_64" CXXFLAGS="-arch x86_64"
+        ./configure --disable-shared --prefix=$(pwd)/_build_mac_x64 CFLAGS="-arch x86_64" CXXFLAGS="-arch x86_64" --enable-xmlch-uint16_t
         make -j
         make install