diff --git a/emsdk.py b/emsdk.py
index d671d7b..3855a13 100644
--- a/emsdk.py
+++ b/emsdk.py
@@ -1069,16 +1069,16 @@
       generator = []
 
     cmdline = ['cmake'] + generator + ['-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=' + build_type, '-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=' + sys.executable]
-    # Target macOS 10.11 at minimum, to support widest range of Mac devices from "Mid 2007" and newer:
-    # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro#Supported_macOS_releases
-    cmdline += ['-DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.11']
+    # Target macOS Sierra (10.12) at minimum.
+    # This is the minimum version required to build binaryen.
+    cmdline += ['-DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.14']
     cmdline += extra_cmake_args + [src_root]
 
     print('Running CMake: ' + str(cmdline))
 
     # Specify the deployment target also as an env. var, since some Xcode versions
     # read this instead of the CMake field.
-    os.environ['MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '10.11'
+    os.environ['MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '10.14'
 
     def quote_parens(x):
       if ' ' in x:
diff --git a/scripts/update_python.py b/scripts/update_python.py
index f598954..624cdef 100755
--- a/scripts/update_python.py
+++ b/scripts/update_python.py
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@
         check_call(['brew', 'install', 'openssl', 'xz', 'pkg-config'])
         if platform.machine() == 'x86_64':
             prefix = '/usr/local'
-            min_macos_version = '10.11'
+            # Keep in sync with CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET in emsdk.py
+            min_macos_version = '10.14'
         elif platform.machine() == 'arm64':
             prefix = '/opt/homebrew'
             min_macos_version = '11.0'