diff --git a/macOS/build.sh b/macOS/build.sh
index de7a1ac45..2d8f68223 100755
--- a/macOS/build.sh
+++ b/macOS/build.sh
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ make -j"$NTHREADS"
 ##
 NAME=dynare-"$VERSION"
 PKGFILES="$ROOTDIR"/macOS/pkg/"$NAME"
-mkdir -p "$PKGFILES"/mex/matlab/maci64-8.7-9.3
+mkdir -p "$PKGFILES"/mex/matlab/maci64-7.9-9.3
 mkdir    "$PKGFILES"/mex/matlab/maci64-9.4-9.7
 mkdir    "$PKGFILES"/mex/octave
 mkdir -p "$PKGFILES"/doc/dynare++
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ cp -p  "$ROOTDIR"/license.txt                                        "$PKGFILES"
 cp -pr "$ROOTDIR"/matlab                                             "$PKGFILES"
 cp -pr "$ROOTDIR"/examples                                           "$PKGFILES"
 
-cp -L  "$ROOTDIR"/mex/matlab/*                                       "$PKGFILES"/mex/matlab/maci64-8.7-9.3
+cp -L  "$ROOTDIR"/mex/matlab/*                                       "$PKGFILES"/mex/matlab/maci64-7.9-9.3
 
 cp -p  "$ROOTDIR"/scripts/dynare.el                                  "$PKGFILES"/scripts
 cp -pr "$ROOTDIR"/contrib/ms-sbvar/TZcode/MatlabFiles                "$PKGFILES"/contrib/ms-sbvar/TZcode
diff --git a/matlab/add_path_to_mex_files.m b/matlab/add_path_to_mex_files.m
index 7fd6b35b7..2e0422d3e 100644
--- a/matlab/add_path_to_mex_files.m
+++ b/matlab/add_path_to_mex_files.m
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ else
     % Add macOS paths for Dynare Mac package
     if strcmp(computer, 'MACI64')
         if matlab_ver_less_than('9.4')
-            tmp = [dynareroot '../mex/matlab/maci64-8.7-9.3/'];
+            tmp = [dynareroot '../mex/matlab/maci64-7.9-9.3/'];
             if exist(tmp, 'dir')
                 mexpath = tmp;
                 if modifypath