diff --git a/resolver-dns-native-macos/pom.xml b/resolver-dns-native-macos/pom.xml
index 110966c8941..4551ed086e3 100644
--- a/resolver-dns-native-macos/pom.xml
+++ b/resolver-dns-native-macos/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         </os>
       </activation>
       <properties>
-        <jni.compiler.args.ldflags>LDFLAGS=-Wl,-weak_library,${unix.common.lib.unpacked.dir}/lib${unix.common.lib.name}.a -Wl,-platform_version,macos,10.6,10.6</jni.compiler.args.ldflags>
+        <jni.compiler.args.ldflags>LDFLAGS=-Wl,-weak_library,${unix.common.lib.unpacked.dir}/lib${unix.common.lib.name}.a -Wl,-platform_version,macos,10.9,10.9</jni.compiler.args.ldflags>
         <skipTests>false</skipTests>
       </properties>
       <build>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
                   <configureArgs>
                     <arg>${jni.compiler.args.ldflags}</arg>
                     <arg>${jni.compiler.args.cflags}</arg>
-                    <arg>MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6</arg>
+                    <arg>MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.9</arg>
                   </configureArgs>
                 </configuration>
                 <goals>
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@
     <profile>
       <id>mac-intel-cross-compile</id>
       <properties>
-        <jni.compiler.args.ldflags>LDFLAGS=-arch x86_64 -Wl,-weak_library,${unix.common.lib.unpacked.dir}/lib${unix.common.lib.name}.a -Wl,-platform_version,macos,10.6,10.6</jni.compiler.args.ldflags>
-        <jni.compiler.args.cflags>CFLAGS=-target x86_64-apple-macos10.6 -O3 -Werror -fno-omit-frame-pointer -Wunused-variable -fvisibility=hidden -I${unix.common.include.unpacked.dir}</jni.compiler.args.cflags>
+        <jni.compiler.args.ldflags>LDFLAGS=-arch x86_64 -Wl,-weak_library,${unix.common.lib.unpacked.dir}/lib${unix.common.lib.name}.a -Wl,-platform_version,macos,10.9,10.9</jni.compiler.args.ldflags>
+        <jni.compiler.args.cflags>CFLAGS=-target x86_64-apple-macos10.9 -O3 -Werror -fno-omit-frame-pointer -Wunused-variable -fvisibility=hidden -I${unix.common.include.unpacked.dir}</jni.compiler.args.cflags>
 
         <!-- use aarch_64 as this is also what os.detected.arch will use on an aarch64 system -->
         <jni.classifier>${os.detected.name}-x86_64</jni.classifier>
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
                     <arg>${jni.compiler.args.ldflags}</arg>
                     <arg>${jni.compiler.args.cflags}</arg>
                     <configureArg>--host=x86_64-apple-darwin</configureArg>
-                    <arg>MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6</arg>
+                    <arg>MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.9</arg>
                   </configureArgs>
                 </configuration>
                 <goals>
diff --git a/transport-native-kqueue/pom.xml b/transport-native-kqueue/pom.xml
index 550a5e3fda1..f2c61c5c785 100644
--- a/transport-native-kqueue/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-native-kqueue/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         </os>
       </activation>
       <properties>
-        <jni.compiler.args.ldflags>LDFLAGS=-Wl,-weak_library,${unix.common.lib.unpacked.dir}/lib${unix.common.lib.name}.a -Wl,-platform_version,macos,10.6,10.6</jni.compiler.args.ldflags>
+        <jni.compiler.args.ldflags>LDFLAGS=-Wl,-weak_library,${unix.common.lib.unpacked.dir}/lib${unix.common.lib.name}.a -Wl,-platform_version,macos,10.9,10.9</jni.compiler.args.ldflags>
       </properties>
       <build>
         <plugins>
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
                     <!-- support for __attribute__((weak_import)) by the linker was added in 10.2 (but 10.6 is the minimum we can use on 10.14) so ensure we
                          explicitly set the target platform. Otherwise we may get fatal link errors due to weakly linked
                          methods which are not expected to be present on MacOS (e.g. accept4). -->
-                    <arg>MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6</arg>
+                    <arg>MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.9</arg>
                     <configureArg>--libdir=${project.build.directory}/native-build/target/lib</configureArg>
                   </configureArgs>
                 </configuration>
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@
         <!-- use aarch_64 as this is also what os.detected.arch will use on an aarch64 system -->
         <jni.classifier>${os.detected.name}-x86_64</jni.classifier>
         <javaModuleNameClassifier>${os.detected.name}.x86_64</javaModuleNameClassifier>
-        <jni.compiler.args.cflags>CFLAGS=-target x86_64-apple-macos10.6 -O3 -Werror -fno-omit-frame-pointer -Wunused-variable -fvisibility=hidden -I${unix.common.include.unpacked.dir}</jni.compiler.args.cflags>
-        <jni.compiler.args.ldflags>LDFLAGS=-arch x86_64 -Wl,-weak_library,${unix.common.lib.unpacked.dir}/lib${unix.common.lib.name}.a -Wl,-platform_version,macos,10.6,10.6</jni.compiler.args.ldflags>
+        <jni.compiler.args.cflags>CFLAGS=-target x86_64-apple-macos10.9 -O3 -Werror -fno-omit-frame-pointer -Wunused-variable -fvisibility=hidden -I${unix.common.include.unpacked.dir}</jni.compiler.args.cflags>
+        <jni.compiler.args.ldflags>LDFLAGS=-arch x86_64 -Wl,-weak_library,${unix.common.lib.unpacked.dir}/lib${unix.common.lib.name}.a -Wl,-platform_version,macos,10.9,10.9</jni.compiler.args.ldflags>
         <skipTests>true</skipTests>
       </properties>
       <build>
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
                   <configureArgs>
                     <arg>${jni.compiler.args.ldflags}</arg>
                     <arg>${jni.compiler.args.cflags}</arg>
-                    <arg>MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.6</arg>
+                    <arg>MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.9</arg>
                     <configureArg>--host=x86_64-apple-darwin</configureArg>
                     <configureArg>--libdir=${project.build.directory}/native-build/target/lib</configureArg>
                   </configureArgs>
diff --git a/transport-native-unix-common/pom.xml b/transport-native-unix-common/pom.xml
index e5b1f38b748..708fdba5126 100644
--- a/transport-native-unix-common/pom.xml
+++ b/transport-native-unix-common/pom.xml
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@
                       <env key="OBJ_DIR" value="${nativeObjsOnlyDir}" />
                       <env key="JNI_PLATFORM" value="${jni.platform}" />
                       <env key="CFLAGS" value="-O3 -Werror -Wno-attributes -fPIC -fno-omit-frame-pointer -Wunused-variable -fvisibility=hidden" />
-                      <env key="LDFLAGS" value="-Wl,--no-as-needed -lrt -Wl,-platform_version,macos,10.2,10.2" />
+                      <env key="LDFLAGS" value="-Wl,--no-as-needed -lrt -Wl,-platform_version,macos,10.9,10.9" />
                       <env key="LIB_NAME" value="${nativeLibName}" />
                       <!-- support for __attribute__((weak_import)) by the linker was added in 10.2 so ensure we
                            explicitly set the target platform. Otherwise we may get fatal link errors due to weakly linked
                            methods which are not expected to be present on MacOS (e.g. accept4). -->
-                      <env key="MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET" value="10.2" />
+                      <env key="MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET" value="10.9" />
                     </exec>
                   </target>
                 </configuration>
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@
                       <env key="OBJ_DIR" value="${nativeObjsOnlyDir}" />
                       <env key="JNI_PLATFORM" value="${jni.platform}" />
                       <env key="CFLAGS" value="-target arm64-apple-macos11 -O3 -Werror -Wno-attributes -fPIC -fno-omit-frame-pointer -Wunused-variable -fvisibility=hidden" />
-                      <env key="LDFLAGS" value="-arch arm64 -Wl,--no-as-needed -lrt -Wl,-platform_version,macos,10.6,10.6" />
+                      <env key="LDFLAGS" value="-arch arm64 -Wl,--no-as-needed -lrt -Wl,-platform_version,macos,10.9,10.9" />
                       <env key="LIB_NAME" value="${nativeLibName}" />
-                      <env key="MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET" value="10.6" />
+                      <env key="MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET" value="10.9" />
                     </exec>
                   </target>
                 </configuration>