diff --git a/tools/macOS_dependencies_build.sh b/tools/macOS_dependencies_build.sh
index d72069768..db36dfcd4 100755
--- a/tools/macOS_dependencies_build.sh
+++ b/tools/macOS_dependencies_build.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ cd ..
 echo "\nBuilding SDL"
 cd SDL/build
 rm -f CMakeCache.txt
-cmake -S .. -B .
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -S .. -B .
 make clean
 make -j${JOBS}
 cp libSDL2-2.0.dylib ../../..
diff --git a/tools/macOS_dependencies_setup.sh b/tools/macOS_dependencies_setup.sh
index df9645ead..349d99ca6 100755
--- a/tools/macOS_dependencies_setup.sh
+++ b/tools/macOS_dependencies_setup.sh
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ echo "\nSetting up SDL"
 rm -rf SDL
 git clone https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL.git
 cd SDL
-git checkout release-2.0.20
+git checkout release-2.24.0
 ln -s include SDL2
 mkdir build
 cd ..