--- spyder/utils/programs.py.orig	2022-03-30 18:54:18.000000000 -0400
+++ spyder/utils/programs.py	2022-04-03 11:02:06.000000000 -0400
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@
         abspath = osp.join(path, basename)
         if osp.isfile(abspath):
             return abspath
+    else:
+        abspath = "@@APPS_DIR@@/" + basename + ".app/Contents/MacOS/" + basename
+        if osp.isfile(abspath):
+            return abspath
+    return None


 def find_program(basename):
