diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-xpack-heartbeat.yml b/.github/workflows/macos-xpack-heartbeat.yml
index 502d10c1a3e..8a0c6c1897d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos-xpack-heartbeat.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-xpack-heartbeat.yml
@@ -17,15 +17,17 @@ jobs:
   macos:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
       with:
         go-version-file: .go-version
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: '3.9'
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run:  go install github.com/magefile/mage
+      run:  |
+        go install github.com/magefile/mage
+        cd ${{ env.BEAT_MODULE }} && npm install -g @elastic/synthetics
     - name: Run build
       run: cd ${{ env.BEAT_MODULE }} && mage build
     - name: Run test