diff --git a/airflow/dag_processing/manager.py b/airflow/dag_processing/manager.py
index 0e9f8b4bc37b0..e48154dec4e00 100644
--- a/airflow/dag_processing/manager.py
+++ b/airflow/dag_processing/manager.py
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, NamedTuple
 
 import attrs
-from setproctitle import setproctitle
 from sqlalchemy import delete, select, update
 from tabulate import tabulate
 from uuid6 import uuid7
@@ -181,7 +180,15 @@ def _run_processor_manager(
         # to iterate the child processes
 
         set_new_process_group()
-        setproctitle("airflow scheduler -- DagFileProcessorManager")
+
+        # setproctitle causes issue on Mac OS: https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn/issues/3021
+        os_type = sys.platform
+        if os_type == "darwin":
+            log.info("Mac OS detected, skipping setproctitle")
+        else:
+	    from setproctitle import setproctitle
+            setproctitle("airflow scheduler -- DagFileProcessorManager")
+
         reload_configuration_for_dag_processing()
         processor_manager = DagFileProcessorManager(
             dag_directory=dag_directory,