diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c7a5a8fad5..7248e1f9f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ END_UNRELEASED_TEMPLATE
 * (gazelle) Switched back to smacker/go-tree-sitter, fixing
   [#2630](https://github.com/bazel-contrib/rules_python/issues/2630)
 * (ci) We are now testing on Ubuntu 22.04 for RBE and non-RBE configurations.
+* (core) #!/usr/bin/env bash is now used as a shebang in the stage1 bootstrap template.
 
 {#v0-0-0-fixed}
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/addlicense.sh b/addlicense.sh
index 8cc8fb33bc..8dc82bbcc9 100755
--- a/addlicense.sh
+++ b/addlicense.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Copyright 2023 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
diff --git a/docs/readthedocs_build.sh b/docs/readthedocs_build.sh
index 3f67310197..ec5390bfc7 100755
--- a/docs/readthedocs_build.sh
+++ b/docs/readthedocs_build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -eou pipefail
 
diff --git a/python/private/interpreter_tmpl.sh b/python/private/interpreter_tmpl.sh
index cfe85ec1be..c4e87fbb43 100644
--- a/python/private/interpreter_tmpl.sh
+++ b/python/private/interpreter_tmpl.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # --- begin runfiles.bash initialization v3 ---
 # Copy-pasted from the Bazel Bash runfiles library v3.
diff --git a/python/private/print_toolchain_checksums.bzl b/python/private/print_toolchain_checksums.bzl
index bd370baf10..b4fa400221 100644
--- a/python/private/print_toolchain_checksums.bzl
+++ b/python/private/print_toolchain_checksums.bzl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def print_toolchains_checksums(name):
 
     template = """\
 cat > "$@" <<'EOF'
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
 set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
diff --git a/python/private/stage1_bootstrap_template.sh b/python/private/stage1_bootstrap_template.sh
index d992b55cae..9927d4faa7 100644
--- a/python/private/stage1_bootstrap_template.sh
+++ b/python/private/stage1_bootstrap_template.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -e
 
diff --git a/python/uv/private/lock.sh b/python/uv/private/lock.sh
index b6ba0c6c48..ffb19b2bea 100755
--- a/python/uv/private/lock.sh
+++ b/python/uv/private/lock.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
 if [[ -n "${BUILD_WORKSPACE_DIRECTORY:-}" ]]; then
diff --git a/sphinxdocs/private/sphinx_run_template.sh b/sphinxdocs/private/sphinx_run_template.sh
index 4a1f1e4410..aa83757c1b 100644
--- a/sphinxdocs/private/sphinx_run_template.sh
+++ b/sphinxdocs/private/sphinx_run_template.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 declare -a args
 %SETUP_ARGS%
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap_impls/external_binary_test.sh b/tests/bootstrap_impls/external_binary_test.sh
index e3516af18e..92799354d6 100755
--- a/tests/bootstrap_impls/external_binary_test.sh
+++ b/tests/bootstrap_impls/external_binary_test.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euxo pipefail
 
 tmpdir="${TEST_TMPDIR}/external_binary"
diff --git a/tests/integration/bazel_from_env b/tests/integration/bazel_from_env
index 96780b8156..a372736f32 100755
--- a/tests/integration/bazel_from_env
+++ b/tests/integration/bazel_from_env
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # A simple wrapper so rules_bazel_integration_test can use the
 # bazel version inherited from the environment.