diff --git a/devscripts/release.sh b/devscripts/release.sh
index 75f8ec8eb..963a6c22b 100755
--- a/devscripts/release.sh
+++ b/devscripts/release.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo "ERROR: specify version number like this: $0 1994.09.06"; exit 1; fi
 version="$1"