diff --git a/contrib/osx/make_osx.sh b/contrib/osx/make_osx.sh
index 3f5f0e03d..aedabdda8 100755
--- a/contrib/osx/make_osx.sh
+++ b/contrib/osx/make_osx.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 set -e
 
 # Parameterize
-PYTHON_VERSION=3.9.13
-PY_VER_MAJOR="3.9"  # as it appears in fs paths
+PYTHON_VERSION=3.10.11
+PY_VER_MAJOR="3.10"  # as it appears in fs paths
 PACKAGE=Electrum
 GIT_REPO=https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum
 
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ function DoCodeSignMaybe { # ARGS: infoName fileOrDirName
 }
 
 info "Installing Python $PYTHON_VERSION"
-PKG_FILE="python-${PYTHON_VERSION}-macosx10.9.pkg"
+PKG_FILE="python-${PYTHON_VERSION}-macos11.pkg"
 if [ ! -f "$CACHEDIR/$PKG_FILE" ]; then
     curl -o "$CACHEDIR/$PKG_FILE" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/$PKG_FILE"
 fi
-echo "167c4e2d9f172a617ba6f3b08783cf376dec429386378066eb2f865c98030dd7  $CACHEDIR/$PKG_FILE" | shasum -a 256 -c \
+echo "767ed35ad688d28ea4494081ae96408a0318d0d5bb9ca0139d74d6247b231cfc  $CACHEDIR/$PKG_FILE" | shasum -a 256 -c \
     || fail "python pkg checksum mismatched"
 sudo installer -pkg "$CACHEDIR/$PKG_FILE" -target / \
     || fail "failed to install python"