diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-workflow.yml
index 79e62f2479..10115d80b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-workflow.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
           file: cover.info
-          functionalities: 'search'
+          functionalities: "search"
 
       - name: C and C++ Examples
         run: |
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Ensure python dependencies
+      - name: Ensure Python dependencies
         run: |
           pip install torch~=2.0.0 --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu &&\
           pip install --user -r tools/python_api/requirements_dev.txt -f https://data.pyg.org/whl/torch-2.0.0+cpu.html
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run clang-tidy on examples
         run: run-clang-tidy -p build/release -quiet -j 32 "^$(realpath examples)"
 
-
   msvc-build-test:
     name: msvc build & test
     needs: [clang-formatting-check, header-include-guard-check]
@@ -254,3 +253,64 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Benchmark
         run: python3 benchmark/benchmark_runner.py --dataset ldbc-sf100 --thread 10
+
+  macos-build-test:
+    name: apple clang build & test
+    needs: [clang-formatting-check, header-include-guard-check, rustfmt-check]
+    runs-on: self-hosted-mac-x64
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Ensure Python dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip3 install torch~=2.0.0 --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu &&\
+          pip3 install --user -r tools/python_api/requirements_dev.txt -f https://data.pyg.org/whl/torch-2.0.0+cpu.html
+
+      - name: Ensure Node.js dependencies
+        run: npm install --include=dev
+        working-directory: tools/nodejs_api
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: make release NUM_THREADS=32
+
+      - name: Test
+        run: |
+          ulimit -n 10240
+          make test NUM_THREADS=32
+
+      - name: Python test
+        run: |
+          ulimit -n 10240
+          make pytest NUM_THREADS=32
+
+      - name: C and C++ Examples
+        run: |
+          ulimit -n 10240
+          make example NUM_THREADS=32
+
+      - name: Node.js test
+        run: |
+          ulimit -n 10240
+          make nodejstest NUM_THREADS=32
+
+      - name: Java test
+        run: |
+          ulimit -n 10240
+          make javatest NUM_THREADS=32
+
+      - name: Rust share build
+        # Share build cache when building rust API and the example project
+        run: echo $'[workspace]\nmembers = ["tools/rust_api","examples/rust"]' > Cargo.toml
+
+      - name: Rust test
+        run: |
+          ulimit -n 10240
+          source /Users/runner/.cargo/env
+          make rusttest NUM_THREADS=32
+
+      - name: Rust example
+        working-directory: examples/rust
+        run: |
+          ulimit -n 10240
+          source /Users/runner/.cargo/env
+          cargo build --features arrow
diff --git a/test/c_api/database_test.cpp b/test/c_api/database_test.cpp
index 937fc6d317..123f1c5008 100644
--- a/test/c_api/database_test.cpp
+++ b/test/c_api/database_test.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ class CApiDatabaseTest : public APIEmptyDBTest {
 
 TEST_F(CApiDatabaseTest, CreationAndDestroy) {
     auto databasePathCStr = databasePath.c_str();
-    auto database = kuzu_database_init(databasePathCStr, kuzu_default_system_config());
+    auto systemConfig = kuzu_default_system_config();
+    systemConfig.buffer_pool_size = 512 * 1024;
+    auto database = kuzu_database_init(databasePathCStr, systemConfig);
     ASSERT_NE(database, nullptr);
     ASSERT_NE(database->_database, nullptr);
     auto databaseCpp = static_cast<Database*>(database->_database);
diff --git a/test/include/c_api_test/c_api_test.h b/test/include/c_api_test/c_api_test.h
index b0bcc9b6b7..6ebcdb1077 100644
--- a/test/include/c_api_test/c_api_test.h
+++ b/test/include/c_api_test/c_api_test.h
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ class CApiTest : public APIDBTest {
         database.reset();
         auto databasePath = getDatabasePath();
         auto databasePathCStr = databasePath.c_str();
-        _database = kuzu_database_init(databasePathCStr, kuzu_default_system_config());
+        auto systemConfig = kuzu_default_system_config();
+        systemConfig.buffer_pool_size = 512 * 1024 * 1024;
+        _database = kuzu_database_init(databasePathCStr, systemConfig);
         connection = kuzu_connection_init(_database);
     }