diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8cabba21..a245131c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 ## Bugfixes
 
 - only print themes hint in interactive mode (`bat --list-themes`), see #1439 (@rsteube)
+- Make ./tests/syntax-tests/regression_test.sh work on recent versions of macOS, see #1443 (@Enselic)
 
 ## Other
 
diff --git a/tests/syntax-tests/regression_test.sh b/tests/syntax-tests/regression_test.sh
index 25acb256..45e2e3ea 100755
--- a/tests/syntax-tests/regression_test.sh
+++ b/tests/syntax-tests/regression_test.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -eou pipefail
 
 script_directory="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
-output_directory=$(mktemp -d --suffix=.bat-syntax-regression-test)
+output_directory=$(mktemp -d)
 
 "$script_directory"/create_highlighted_versions.py --output="$output_directory"