diff --git a/dev-support/docker/hadoop_env_checks.sh b/dev-support/docker/hadoop_env_checks.sh
index 910c802291a..5cb4b2b3b95 100755
--- a/dev-support/docker/hadoop_env_checks.sh
+++ b/dev-support/docker/hadoop_env_checks.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
diff --git a/dev-support/findHangingTest.sh b/dev-support/findHangingTest.sh
index f7ebe47f093..fcda9ffb8c9 100644
--- a/dev-support/findHangingTest.sh
+++ b/dev-support/findHangingTest.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 ##
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
diff --git a/dev-support/verify-xml.sh b/dev-support/verify-xml.sh
index abab4e69f2b..9ef456a777d 100755
--- a/dev-support/verify-xml.sh
+++ b/dev-support/verify-xml.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 ##
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 # or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/scripts/hadoop-functions_test_helper.bash b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/scripts/hadoop-functions_test_helper.bash
index 86608edd93a..fa34bdfc4b5 100755
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/scripts/hadoop-functions_test_helper.bash
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/scripts/hadoop-functions_test_helper.bash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 # contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 # this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
diff --git a/start-build-env.sh b/start-build-env.sh
index 18e3a8c38c4..94af7e44f2c 100755
--- a/start-build-env.sh
+++ b/start-build-env.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 # contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with