I can’t seem to get EleasticSearch 9.3.0 working on my MacBook Air M2 - Sequoia 15.7.4 (24G517)
bin % ./elasticsearch --version
Version: 9.3.0, Build: tar/17b451d8979a29e31935fe1eb901310350b30e62/2026-01-29T10:05:46.708397977Z, JVM: 25.0.1
Hi @anjanesh Welcome to the community.
Confirming you downloaded the ARM tar.gz?
This is what I downloaded - can confirm this by seeing what’s still in my ~/Downloads folder :
elasticsearch-9.3.0-darwin-aarch64.tar.gz
BTW can you try starting elasticsearch properly from the home directory not the bin
$ ./bin/elasticsearch
Also did you read the docs about Gate Keeper
I would recommend reading that whole page
To prevent Gatekeeper checks on the Elasticsearch files, run the following command on the downloaded .tar.gz archive or the directory to which it was extracted:
xattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine
Alternatively, you can add a security override by following the instructions in the If you want to open an app that hasn’t been notarized or is from an unidentified developer section of