diff --git a/buildscripts/_build_getopts.sh b/buildscripts/_build_getopts.sh
index 0c92d1077..7b05d72a3 100755
--- a/buildscripts/_build_getopts.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/_build_getopts.sh
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ SCRIPT_DIR=$(realpath $(dirname $0))
 ROOT_DIR=$(realpath ${SCRIPT_DIR}/..)
 
 # Parse arguments
-USTMT="Usage: ${0} <-d /path/to/dependency/source> [-p /prefix/path|{/usr/local}] [-m MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET|{11.0}]"
+USTMT="Usage: ${0} <-d /path/to/dependency/source> [-p /prefix/path|{/usr/local}] [-m MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET|{10.9}]"
 PREFIX=/usr/local
 DEPENDENCY_DIR="${ROOT_DIR}/_dependencies"
-MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="13.0"
+MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="10.9"
 while getopts ":d:p:m:h" ARG; do
     case "${ARG}" in
     d)
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ if [ -z ${DEPENDENCY_ENV_VARS+x} ]; then
     NCDIR="${PREFIX}"
     NFDIR="${PREFIX}"
     NETCDF_FORTRAN_HOME=${NFDIR}
+    NETCDF_INCLUDE=${NFDIR}/include
     NETCDF_HOME=${NCDIR}
 
     DEPENDENCY_ENV_VARS=true
diff --git a/buildscripts/build_swiftest.sh b/buildscripts/build_swiftest.sh
index c4f06bb4c..147814642 100755
--- a/buildscripts/build_swiftest.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/build_swiftest.sh
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ printf "CPATH: ${CPATH}\n"
 printf "LD_LIBRARY_PATH: ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}\n"
 printf "LDFLAGS: ${LDFLAGS}\n"
 printf "NETCDF_FORTRAN_HOME: ${NETCDF_FORTRAN_HOME}\n"
+printf "NETCDF_INCLUDE: ${NETCDF_INCLUDE}\n"
 printf "SKBUILD_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS: ${SKBUILD_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS}\n"
 if [ $OS = "MacOSX" ]; then
     printf "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: ${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}\n"
diff --git a/buildscripts/set_compilers.sh b/buildscripts/set_compilers.sh
index 3ff88f8b1..0a47cae81 100755
--- a/buildscripts/set_compilers.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/set_compilers.sh
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ case $OS in
             CFLAGS="-mmacosx-version-min=${MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET} -Wno-deprecated-non-prototype ${CFLAGS}"
         else
             if $(brew --version &> /dev/null); then 
-                brew install gcc
+                brew install gcc libomp
             else
                 echo \"Please install Homebrew first\" 
                 exit 1 
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ case $OS in
             RANLIB=${RANLIB:-${COMPILER_PREFIX}/bin/gcc-ranlib-13}
             FC=${FC:-${COMPILER_PREFIX}/bin/gfortran-13}
             LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${COMPILER_PREFIX}/lib/gcc/13:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
-            LDFLAGS="-L${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/llvm/lib/c++ -Wl,-rpath,${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/llvm/lib/c+  -Wl,-no_compact_unwind"
+            LDFLAGS="-L${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/llvm/lib/c++ -Wl,-rpath,${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/llvm/lib/c+ -L${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/libomp/lib -Wl,-no_compact_unwind"
             CPPFLAGS="-isystem ${HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/libomp/include"
-            LIBS="-lgomp ${LIBS}"
+            LIBS="-lomp ${LIBS}"
             CPATH="${FROOT}/include:${CPATH}"
             CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${CXXFLAGS}"
             FCFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${FCFLAGS}"