diff --git a/scripts/generate-news-list.sh b/scripts/generate-news-list.sh
index c3cec8d67..7839b5b2a 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-news-list.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-news-list.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # prevent output of "$1/*.xml" as file
 # if the target directory is empty