diff --git a/doc/src/sphinx/code/client-server-anatomy/sbt b/doc/src/sphinx/code/client-server-anatomy/sbt
index 2bdf36b90a..f92b7f7f27 100755
--- a/doc/src/sphinx/code/client-server-anatomy/sbt
+++ b/doc/src/sphinx/code/client-server-anatomy/sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 sbtver=1.3.10
 sbtjar=sbt-launch.jar
diff --git a/doc/src/sphinx/code/protocols/sbt b/doc/src/sphinx/code/protocols/sbt
index 2bdf36b90a..f92b7f7f27 100755
--- a/doc/src/sphinx/code/protocols/sbt
+++ b/doc/src/sphinx/code/protocols/sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 sbtver=1.3.10
 sbtjar=sbt-launch.jar
diff --git a/doc/src/sphinx/code/quickstart/sbt b/doc/src/sphinx/code/quickstart/sbt
index 244c982069..0830b24078 100755
--- a/doc/src/sphinx/code/quickstart/sbt
+++ b/doc/src/sphinx/code/quickstart/sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 sbtver=1.3.10
 sbtjar=sbt-launch.jar
diff --git a/finagle-benchmark/src/main/scripts/load_balancing_numbers.sh b/finagle-benchmark/src/main/scripts/load_balancing_numbers.sh
index 6b110428ee..a39eef0dcb 100644
--- a/finagle-benchmark/src/main/scripts/load_balancing_numbers.sh
+++ b/finagle-benchmark/src/main/scripts/load_balancing_numbers.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 ./sbt 'project finagle-benchmark' \
       'run-main com.twitter.finagle.loadbalancer.Simulation -dur=60.seconds -bal=rr -qps=1000 -showprogress=false -showsummary=false -coldstart=false' 2>&1 |gawk 'match($0, /BinaryAnnotation\(balancer,([0-9]+).*\)/, a){print a[1]}' > all_good_1000_rr.txt
diff --git a/link-netty.sh b/link-netty.sh
index 9a567703dd..6d6417cc9f 100755
--- a/link-netty.sh
+++ b/link-netty.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
   echo 'usage: '$0' nettyjarpath' 1>&2
diff --git a/netty-snapshot-env.sh b/netty-snapshot-env.sh
index f9f7529972..64d89c6275 100755
--- a/netty-snapshot-env.sh
+++ b/netty-snapshot-env.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 print_env () {
   echo "FINAGLE_USE_NETTY_4_SNAPSHOT=$FINAGLE_USE_NETTY_4_SNAPSHOT"
diff --git a/pushsite.bash b/pushsite.bash
index e5dcff9425..d9068cc968 100755
--- a/pushsite.bash
+++ b/pushsite.bash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -e
 
diff --git a/sbt b/sbt
index a0c0297da0..a70011abbb 100755
--- a/sbt
+++ b/sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -eo pipefail