diff --git a/images/macos/provision/core/commonutils.sh b/images/macos/provision/core/commonutils.sh
index 05f295af..0d23ab8d 100644
--- a/images/macos/provision/core/commonutils.sh
+++ b/images/macos/provision/core/commonutils.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ for package in $cask_packages; do
     brew install --cask $package
 done
 
-# Invoke bazel to download the latest bazel version via bazelisk
+# Specify Bazel version 3.7.1 to install due to the bug with 4.0.0: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/pull/12882
+if is_Less_Catalina; then
+    export USE_BAZEL_VERSION="3.7.1"
+    echo "export USE_BAZEL_VERSION=${USE_BAZEL_VERSION}" >> "${HOME}/.bashrc"
+fi
+
+# Invoke bazel to download bazel version via bazelisk
 bazel
 
 # Invoke tests for all common tools