diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8125cfa..d8e5cf2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ cover/*
 MANIFEST
 **/_version.py
 .flatpak-builder/*
+macbuildenv/*
+NanoVNASaver.spec
 
 # Per-project virtualenvs
 .venv*/
 .conda*/
 .python-version
+
+
diff --git a/build-macos-app.sh b/build-macos-app.sh
index d0397b6..6bef831 100755
--- a/build-macos-app.sh
+++ b/build-macos-app.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ python3 -m venv ${VENV_DIR}
 . ./${VENV_DIR}/bin/activate
 
 # install required dependencies (pyqt libs must be installed on the system)
-python3 -m pip install pip==23.0.1 setuptools==67.6.0
+python3 -m pip install pip==24.2 setuptools==75.2.0
 pip install -r requirements.txt
-pip install PyInstaller==5.9.0
+pip install PyInstaller==6.11.0
 
 python3 setup.py -V