diff --git a/crates/gpui/build.rs b/crates/gpui/build.rs
index 4c86fe9a622bebef795a0590d8fd1acf84b6f762..41505ec6783ebb417f062ff8ea0b5d78c115855d 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/build.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/build.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ fn generate_dispatch_bindings() {
         .header("src/platform/mac/dispatch.h")
         .allowlist_var("_dispatch_main_q")
         .allowlist_var("DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT")
+        .allowlist_var("DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGH")
         .allowlist_var("DISPATCH_TIME_NOW")
         .allowlist_function("dispatch_get_global_queue")
         .allowlist_function("dispatch_async_f")
diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/dispatcher.rs b/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/dispatcher.rs
index 72daa8c4404f52836d45ad39517b9b4bb3db57dd..281d90cddec4733e4a828c4a8e89b4fc0ef3feb9 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/dispatcher.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/dispatcher.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ impl PlatformDispatcher for MacDispatcher {
     fn dispatch(&self, runnable: Runnable, _: Option<TaskLabel>) {
         unsafe {
             dispatch_async_f(
-                dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT.try_into().unwrap(), 0),
+                dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_HIGH.try_into().unwrap(), 0),
                 runnable.into_raw().as_ptr() as *mut c_void,
                 Some(trampoline),
             );