diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7bba9977fd..64a6ae9f9f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ commands:
     description: "installs tools required to build torchaudio"
     steps:
       - run:
-          name: Install pkg-config
+          name: Install build tools
           command: HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install pkg-config wget
           # Disable brew auto update which is very slow
   load_conda_channel_flags:
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
   binary_macos_wheel:
     <<: *binary_common
     macos:
-      xcode: "9.4.1"
+      xcode: "12.0"
     steps:
       - checkout
       - install_build_tools_macos
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
   binary_macos_conda:
     <<: *binary_common
     macos:
-      xcode: "9.4.1"
+      xcode: "12.0"
     steps:
       - checkout
       - install_build_tools_macos
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ jobs:
   unittest_macos_cpu:
     <<: *binary_common
     macos:
-      xcode: "9.4.1"
+      xcode: "12.0"
     resource_class: large
     steps:
       - checkout
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml.in b/.circleci/config.yml.in
index cc4c391ea1..16b47bde79 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml.in
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml.in
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ commands:
     description: "installs tools required to build torchaudio"
     steps:
       - run:
-          name: Install pkg-config
+          name: Install build tools
           command: HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install pkg-config wget
           # Disable brew auto update which is very slow
   load_conda_channel_flags:
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
   binary_macos_wheel:
     <<: *binary_common
     macos:
-      xcode: "9.4.1"
+      xcode: "12.0"
     steps:
       - checkout
       - install_build_tools_macos
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
   binary_macos_conda:
     <<: *binary_common
     macos:
-      xcode: "9.4.1"
+      xcode: "12.0"
     steps:
       - checkout
       - install_build_tools_macos
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ jobs:
   unittest_macos_cpu:
     <<: *binary_common
     macos:
-      xcode: "9.4.1"
+      xcode: "12.0"
     resource_class: large
     steps:
       - checkout