diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index b49b05fe..2766cdd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: brew
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'macOS' }}
         run: |
-          brew install openmpi scalapack libomp
+          brew install openmpi scalapack libomp blis
 
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -52,13 +52,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           if [ ${{ runner.os }} = "macOS" ] ; then
             # CONFIG=apple requires gfortran but macOS runner has not, but gfortran-11, 12, ...
-            ln -s `which gfortran-11` gfortran
-            env PATH=`pwd`:$PATH cmake -DCONFIG=apple -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+            cmake -DCONFIG=apple -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON -DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER=gfortran-14 $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
           else
             cmake -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
           fi
-        env:
-          HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /opt/homebrew
 
       - name: build
         working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3257d79d..4308c5da 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(mVMC NONE)
 
 option(USE_SCALAPACK "Use Scalapack" OFF)
diff --git a/config/apple.cmake b/config/apple.cmake
index 7467c52f..37a7a290 100644
--- a/config/apple.cmake
+++ b/config/apple.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # additional libomp and gfortran installation required
 # mac computers are suggested to use this configuration for better performance
 
-if(NOT $ENV{HOMEBREW_PREFIX})
+if(NOT DEFINED ENV{HOMEBREW_PREFIX})
   message(FATAL "Homebrew is not installed. Please install Homebrew first.")
 endif()