diff --git a/llvm/utils/release/merge-request.sh b/llvm/utils/release/merge-request.sh
index afdf4b980c20..0e9a20063049 100755
--- a/llvm/utils/release/merge-request.sh
+++ b/llvm/utils/release/merge-request.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# !/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #===-- merge-request.sh  ---------------------------------------------------===#
 #
 # Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.