diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index cc6ecbc..f3d3e3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
   tests:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-18.04, macos]
+        os: [ubuntu-18.04, macos-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ jobs:
     - run: yarn test
     - name: Install Nix
       uses: ./
-    - run: nix-build test.nix
\ No newline at end of file
+    - run: nix-build test.nix
diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 97ae998..a4183df 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ function run() {
             yield exec.exec("sudo", ["sh", "-c", "echo http2 = false >> /etc/nix/nix.conf"]);
             // Set jobs to number of cores
             yield exec.exec("sudo", ["sh", "-c", "echo max-jobs = auto >> /etc/nix/nix.conf"]);
+            // Catalina workaround https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925
+            if (os_1.type() == "Darwin") {
+                yield exec.exec("sudo", ["mount", "-uw", "/"]);
+            }
             // TODO: retry due to all the things that go wrong
             const nixInstall = yield tc.downloadTool('https://nixos.org/nix/install');
             yield exec.exec("sh", [nixInstall]);
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 2ed508a..195dc6a 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
 import * as exec from '@actions/exec';
 import * as tc from '@actions/tool-cache';
-import {homedir, userInfo} from 'os';
+import {homedir, userInfo, type} from 'os';
 import {existsSync} from 'fs';
 
 async function run() {
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ async function run() {
     // Set jobs to number of cores
     await exec.exec("sudo", ["sh", "-c", "echo max-jobs = auto >> /etc/nix/nix.conf"]);
 
+    // Catalina workaround https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2925
+    if (type() == "Darwin") {
+      await exec.exec("sudo", ["mount", "-uw", "/"]);
+    }
+
     // TODO: retry due to all the things that go wrong
     const nixInstall = await tc.downloadTool('https://nixos.org/nix/install');
     await exec.exec("sh", [nixInstall]);