diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index 5a4048b15..316e77225 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -65288,14 +65288,17 @@ function resolveVersionInput() {
     return version;
 }
 function run() {
-    var _a;
+    var _a, _b;
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-        // When setting AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY, the actions/tool-cache function find
-        // is not able to find the files cached by actions/python-version.
+        if (utils_1.IS_MAC) {
+            process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY'] = '/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache';
+        }
         if ((_a = process.env.AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.trim()) {
             process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE'] = process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY'];
         }
-        core.debug(`Python is expected to be installed into RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE=${process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE']}`);
+        core.debug(`Python is expected to be installed into ${((_b = process.env.AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY) === null || _b === void 0 ? void 0 : _b.trim())
+            ? process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY']
+            : process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE']}`);
         try {
             const version = resolveVersionInput();
             if (version) {
@@ -65375,7 +65378,7 @@ var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
     return (mod && mod.__esModule) ? mod : { "default": mod };
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.getLinuxOSReleaseInfo = exports.isCacheFeatureAvailable = exports.isGhes = exports.validatePythonVersionFormatForPyPy = exports.writeExactPyPyVersionFile = exports.readExactPyPyVersionFile = exports.getPyPyVersionFromPath = exports.isNightlyKeyword = exports.validateVersion = exports.createSymlinkInFolder = exports.WINDOWS_PLATFORMS = exports.WINDOWS_ARCHS = exports.IS_LINUX = exports.IS_WINDOWS = void 0;
+exports.getLinuxOSReleaseInfo = exports.isCacheFeatureAvailable = exports.isGhes = exports.validatePythonVersionFormatForPyPy = exports.writeExactPyPyVersionFile = exports.readExactPyPyVersionFile = exports.getPyPyVersionFromPath = exports.isNightlyKeyword = exports.validateVersion = exports.createSymlinkInFolder = exports.WINDOWS_PLATFORMS = exports.WINDOWS_ARCHS = exports.IS_MAC = exports.IS_LINUX = exports.IS_WINDOWS = void 0;
 const cache = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7799));
 const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
 const fs_1 = __importDefault(__nccwpck_require__(7147));
@@ -65711,4 +65714,4 @@ module.exports = JSON.parse('["ac","com.ac","edu.ac","gov.ac","net.ac","mil.ac",
 /******/ 	module.exports = __webpack_exports__;
 /******/ 	
 /******/ })()
-;
+;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/setup-python.ts b/src/setup-python.ts
index 6ffbfc635..3f5f1c28a 100644
--- a/src/setup-python.ts
+++ b/src/setup-python.ts
@@ -63,13 +63,20 @@ function resolveVersionInput(): string {
 }
 
 async function run() {
-  // When setting AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY, the actions/tool-cache function find
-  // is not able to find the files cached by actions/python-version.
-  if (process.env.AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY?.trim()) {
+  if (IS_MAC) {
+    process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY'] = '/Users/runner/hostedtoolcache';
+  }
+  
+  if (process.env.AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY?.trim()){
     process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE'] = process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY'];
   }
+
   core.debug(
-    `Python is expected to be installed into RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE=${process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE']}`
+    `Python is expected to be installed into ${
+      process.env.AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY?.trim()
+        ? process.env['AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY']
+        : process.env['RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE']
+    }`
   );
   try {
     const version = resolveVersionInput();