diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 57c3a65ace7..01381edcc0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go-version: ['1.23.x']
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        # TODO: provide support for MacOS (revisit !7808)
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-python-authn.yml b/.github/workflows/test-python-authn.yml
index da7094fb1d2..0309d31ea71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-python-authn.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-python-authn.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go-version: ['1.23.x']
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        # TODO: provide support for MacOS (revisit !7808)
         python-version: ['3.8','3.9','3.10','3.11','3.12','3.13']
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-python-etl.yml b/.github/workflows/test-python-etl.yml
index b9c62716c2d..c8cf65c7709 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-python-etl.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-python-etl.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           container-runtime: docker
           cpus: max
           memory: max
+        timeout-minutes: 5
 
       - name: Run AIStore in Minikube
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-python.yml b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
index 09269c497e8..6197abed1d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go-version: ['1.23.x']
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        # TODO: provide support for MacOS (revisit !7808)
         python-version: ['3.8','3.9','3.10','3.11','3.12','3.13']
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps: