diff --git a/mssqlcli/mssqltoolsservice/externals.py b/mssqlcli/mssqltoolsservice/externals.py
index 3da36758..b8e0cfd8 100644
--- a/mssqlcli/mssqltoolsservice/externals.py
+++ b/mssqlcli/mssqltoolsservice/externals.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 install_aliases()
 
-SQLTOOLSSERVICE_RELEASE = "v3.0.0-release.72"
+SQLTOOLSSERVICE_RELEASE = "4.4.0.7"
 
 SQLTOOLSSERVICE_BASE = os.path.join(utility.ROOT_DIR, 'sqltoolsservice/')
 
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
                          'Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer-rhel-x64-netcoreapp3.1.tar.gz',
     'macosx_10_11_intel': SQLTOOLSSERVICE_BASE + 'macosx_10_11_intel/' +
                           'Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer-osx-x64-netcoreapp3.1.tar.gz',
+    'macos_m1': SQLTOOLSSERVICE_BASE + 'macos_m1/' +
+                          'Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer-osx-arm64-net6.0.tar.gz',
     'win_amd64': SQLTOOLSSERVICE_BASE + 'win_amd64/' +
                  'Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer-win-x64-netcoreapp3.1.zip',
     'win32': SQLTOOLSSERVICE_BASE + 'win32/' +
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ def copy_sqltoolsservice(platform):
     if not platform or platform not in SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS:
         print('{} is not supported.'.format(platform))
         print('Please provide a valid platform flag.' +
-              '[win32, win_amd64, manylinux1_x86_64, macosx_10_11_intel]')
+              '[win32, win_amd64, manylinux1_x86_64, macosx_10_11_intel, macos_m1]')
         sys.exit(1)
 
     copy_file_path = SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS[platform]
diff --git a/utility.py b/utility.py
index c432884e..2cbb5552 100644
--- a/utility.py
+++ b/utility.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ def get_current_platform():
     """
     system = platform.system()
     arch = platform.architecture()[0]
+    processor = platform.processor()
 
     run_time_id = None
     if system == 'Windows':
@@ -76,7 +77,10 @@ def get_current_platform():
         elif arch == '64bit':
             run_time_id = 'win_amd64'
     elif system == 'Darwin':
-        run_time_id = 'macosx_10_11_intel'
+        if processor == 'arm':
+            run_time_id = 'macos_m1'
+        elif processor == 'amd':
+            run_time_id = 'macosx_10_11_intel'
     elif system == 'Linux':
         run_time_id = 'manylinux1_x86_64'
 
@@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ def copy_current_platform_mssqltoolsservice():
     if current_platform:
         mssqltoolsservice.copy_sqltoolsservice(current_platform)
     else:
-        print("This platform: {} does not support mssqltoolsservice.".format(platform.system()))
+        print("This platform: {},{},{} does not support mssqltoolsservice.".format(platform.system(), platform.architecture()[0], platform.processor()))
 
 
 def random_str(size=12, chars=string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits):