diff --git a/ci/test/04_install.sh b/ci/test/04_install.sh
index a555d94c18..1e8ec18840 100755
--- a/ci/test/04_install.sh
+++ b/ci/test/04_install.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [[ $QEMU_USER_CMD == qemu-s390* ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$CI_OS_NAME" == "macos" ]; then
-  sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade --break-system-packages pip
+  sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade pip
   # shellcheck disable=SC2086
   IN_GETOPT_BIN="$(brew --prefix gnu-getopt)/bin/getopt" ${CI_RETRY_EXE} pip3 install --user $PIP_PACKAGES
 fi
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_elements_taproot_activation.py b/test/functional/feature_elements_taproot_activation.py
index 8c8d62289f..5ad2486f3d 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_elements_taproot_activation.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_elements_taproot_activation.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def test_activation(self, rpc, activation_height):
                 assert_equal (decode["versionHex"], "20000000")
 
         assert_equal(rpc.getdeploymentinfo()["deployments"]["taproot"]["bip9"]["status"], "defined")
-        # The 1023rd block does not signal, but changes status-next to "started" from "defined"
+        # The 1023rd block does not signal, but changes status_next to "started" from "defined"
         # bitcoin PR #23508 changed bip9 status to the current block instead of the next block
         blocks = self.generatetoaddress(rpc, 1, rpc.getnewaddress())
         assert_equal(rpc.getdeploymentinfo()["deployments"]["taproot"]["bip9"]["status"], "defined")