diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-macos-builder/action.yaml b/.github/actions/setup-macos-builder/action.yaml
index 98765a463..1f680edb3 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-macos-builder/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-macos-builder/action.yaml
@@ -49,10 +49,12 @@ runs:
         unzip $PROTO_ZIP
         echo "$HOME/d/protoc/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
         export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/d/protoc/bin
-        # install openssl to work with potential issues with libcrypto.dylib loading
-        # see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58272830/python-crashing-on-macos-10-15-beta-19a582a-with-usr-lib-libcrypto-dylib for more details
+        # install openssl and setup DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH to work with libcrypto.dylib loading issues with x86_64 mac runners
+        # see PR https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion-comet/pull/55 for more details
         brew install openssl
-        export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+        OPENSSL_LIB_PATH=$(dirname `brew list openssl | grep 'lib/libcrypto.dylib'`)
+        echo "openssl lib path is: ${OPENSSL_LIB_PATH}"
+        export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$OPENSSL_LIB_PATH:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
     - name: Install JDK ${{inputs.jdk-version}}
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4