diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-file-permissions.yml b/.github/workflows/test-file-permissions.yml
index e6ad5949d8b4..7e364801bb9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-file-permissions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-file-permissions.yml
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Detect unnecessary execution permissions
-        run: php utils/check_permission_x.php
+        run: utils/check-file-permissions
diff --git a/utils/check-file-permissions b/utils/check-file-permissions
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..ac694c3b73cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/check-file-permissions
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu
+
+INCLUDE_DIRS=(
+    '.github/'
+    'admin/'
+    'app/'
+    'changelogs/'
+    'contributing/'
+    'public/'
+    'system/'
+    'tests/'
+    'user_guide_src/'
+    'utils/'
+    'writable/'
+)
+EXCLUDE_FILES=(
+    ':!.github/scripts/deploy-userguide'
+    ':!admin/release-userguide'
+    ':!admin/release-deploy'
+    ':!admin/apibot'
+    ':!admin/alldocs'
+    ':!admin/release'
+    ':!admin/docbot'
+    ':!admin/release-notes.bb'
+    ':!admin/release-revert'
+    ':!admin/starter/builds'
+    ':!admin/userguide/.github/scripts/deploy.sh'
+    ':!user_guide_src/add-edit-this-page'
+    ':!utils/check-file-permissions'
+)
+FILES_WITH_WRONG_PERMISSIONS=$(
+    git ls-files --stage "${INCLUDE_DIRS[@]}" "${EXCLUDE_FILES[@]}" \
+    | grep --extended-regexp "^100755 " \
+    | sort -fh
+)
+
+if [[ -n "$FILES_WITH_WRONG_PERMISSIONS" ]]; then
+    printf '\033[41m FAIL \033[0m Files with unnecessary execution permissions were detected:\n'
+    [[ -z "${GITHUB_ACTIONS+x}" ]] || echo '::group::Non-executable files'
+    echo "$FILES_WITH_WRONG_PERMISSIONS" | awk '{print " - " $4}'
+    echo ''
+    echo "$FILES_WITH_WRONG_PERMISSIONS" | awk '{print $4}' | xargs -n1 printf 'Please run "\033[32msudo chmod\033[0m -x %s".\n'
+    [[ -z "${GITHUB_ACTIONS+x}" ]] || echo '::endgroup::'
+fi
+
+if [[ -n "$FILES_WITH_WRONG_PERMISSIONS" ]]; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+printf '\033[42m OK \033[0m No files with unnecessary execution permissions were detected.\n'
diff --git a/utils/check_permission_x.php b/utils/check_permission_x.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 84f4b00a1b1a..000000000000
--- a/utils/check_permission_x.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-/**
- * This file is part of CodeIgniter 4 framework.
- *
- * (c) CodeIgniter Foundation <admin@codeigniter.com>
- *
- * For the full copyright and license information, please view
- * the LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-namespace Utils;
-
-require __DIR__ . '/../system/Test/bootstrap.php';
-
-use CodeIgniter\CLI\CLI;
-use RecursiveDirectoryIterator;
-use RecursiveIteratorIterator;
-use RuntimeException;
-
-function findExecutableFiles($dir)
-{
-    $execFileList = [
-        'admin/release-userguide',
-        'admin/release-deploy',
-        'admin/apibot',
-        'admin/alldocs',
-        'admin/release',
-        'admin/docbot',
-        'admin/release-notes.bb',
-        'admin/release-revert',
-        'admin/starter/builds',
-        'user_guide_src/add-edit-this-page',
-    ];
-
-    $executableFiles = [];
-
-    // Check if the directory exists
-    if (! is_dir($dir)) {
-        throw new RuntimeException('No such directory: ' . $dir);
-    }
-
-    // Create a Recursive Directory Iterator
-    $iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(
-        new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($dir),
-    );
-
-    // Iterate over each item in the directory
-    foreach ($iterator as $fileinfo) {
-        // Check if the item is a file and is executable
-        if ($fileinfo->isFile() && is_executable($fileinfo->getPathname())) {
-            $filePath = $fileinfo->getPathname();
-
-            // Check allow list
-            if (in_array($filePath, $execFileList, true)) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if (str_ends_with($filePath, '.sh')) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            $executableFiles[] = $filePath;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return $executableFiles;
-}
-
-// Main
-chdir(__DIR__ . '/../');
-
-$dirs = ['admin', 'app', 'system', 'tests', 'user_guide_src', 'utils', 'writable'];
-
-$executableFiles = [];
-
-foreach ($dirs as $dir) {
-    $executableFiles = array_merge($executableFiles, findExecutableFiles($dir));
-}
-
-if ($executableFiles !== []) {
-    CLI::write('Files with unnecessary execution permissions were detected:', 'light_gray', 'red');
-
-    foreach ($executableFiles as $file) {
-        CLI::write('- ' . $file);
-    }
-
-    exit(1);
-}
-
-CLI::write('No files with unnecessary execution permissions were detected.', 'black', 'green');
-
-exit(0);