diff --git a/gnome-patch-translation-merge b/gnome-patch-translation-merge
index 29790a3..aa765fd 100644
--- a/gnome-patch-translation-merge
+++ b/gnome-patch-translation-merge
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/bash
+#!/bin/bash
 
 set -o errexit
 
diff --git a/gnome-patch-translation.changes b/gnome-patch-translation.changes
index fe66c90..fbe1941 100644
--- a/gnome-patch-translation.changes
+++ b/gnome-patch-translation.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb  1 13:00:30 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- invoke bash for bash scripts (bsc#1195391)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar  6 20:08:11 CET 2018 - sbrabec@suse.cz
 
diff --git a/gnome-patch-translation.spec b/gnome-patch-translation.spec
index 3c015ae..eeb9396 100644
--- a/gnome-patch-translation.spec
+++ b/gnome-patch-translation.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package gnome-patch-translation
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ patches and merging them to one translation compendium.
 cp -a %{SOURCE2} %{SOURCE3} %{SOURCE4} %{SOURCE5} %{SOURCE6} .
 
 %build
-sh gnome-patch-translation-merge
+bash gnome-patch-translation-merge
 
 %install
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir}