diff --git a/publishing/copy_website_content_to_repo.sh b/publishing/copy_website_content_to_repo.sh
index 177a08a07..4463cd648 100755
--- a/publishing/copy_website_content_to_repo.sh
+++ b/publishing/copy_website_content_to_repo.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 read -p "Enter the directory to copy website contents to (likely ending in 'this-week-in-rust.github.io'): " directory
 
diff --git a/publishing/create_html_friendly_page.sh b/publishing/create_html_friendly_page.sh
index 5e256093b..41c138283 100755
--- a/publishing/create_html_friendly_page.sh
+++ b/publishing/create_html_friendly_page.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 juice --web-resources-images false ${LOCAL_EMAIL_PREFIX}-in.html ${LOCAL_EMAIL_PREFIX}-email.html
diff --git a/publishing/create_optimized_email.sh b/publishing/create_optimized_email.sh
index 9a0f97662..12a346fca 100755
--- a/publishing/create_optimized_email.sh
+++ b/publishing/create_optimized_email.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 source utils.sh
 
diff --git a/publishing/run_server.sh b/publishing/run_server.sh
index a5c14a059..a6e0b9bdd 100644
--- a/publishing/run_server.sh
+++ b/publishing/run_server.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 source utils.sh