diff --git a/pkgs/common-updater/scripts/list-archive-two-level-versions b/pkgs/common-updater/scripts/list-archive-two-level-versions
index e46652820ad2..36a051e97c91 100755
--- a/pkgs/common-updater/scripts/list-archive-two-level-versions
+++ b/pkgs/common-updater/scripts/list-archive-two-level-versions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # lists all available versions listed for a package in a site (http)
 
diff --git a/pkgs/common-updater/scripts/list-git-tags b/pkgs/common-updater/scripts/list-git-tags
index 61658342c3a5..d137552cdd66 100755
--- a/pkgs/common-updater/scripts/list-git-tags
+++ b/pkgs/common-updater/scripts/list-git-tags
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # lists all available tags from a git repository