diff --git a/scripts/download_all_data.sh b/scripts/download_all_data.sh
index 8eef1caec..a961c3447 100755
--- a/scripts/download_all_data.sh
+++ b/scripts/download_all_data.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
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 # Copyright 2021 DeepMind Technologies Limited
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diff --git a/scripts/download_alphafold_params.sh b/scripts/download_alphafold_params.sh
index ff96ff4f6..9a454fc38 100755
--- a/scripts/download_alphafold_params.sh
+++ b/scripts/download_alphafold_params.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Copyright 2021 DeepMind Technologies Limited
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diff --git a/scripts/download_bfd.sh b/scripts/download_bfd.sh
index 5d3f26860..49b967819 100755
--- a/scripts/download_bfd.sh
+++ b/scripts/download_bfd.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Copyright 2021 DeepMind Technologies Limited
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diff --git a/scripts/download_mgnify.sh b/scripts/download_mgnify.sh
index 63835d1d5..8ebd19c37 100755
--- a/scripts/download_mgnify.sh
+++ b/scripts/download_mgnify.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Copyright 2021 DeepMind Technologies Limited
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diff --git a/scripts/download_pdb70.sh b/scripts/download_pdb70.sh
index 087b17ed3..20e60d4a6 100755
--- a/scripts/download_pdb70.sh
+++ b/scripts/download_pdb70.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Copyright 2021 DeepMind Technologies Limited
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diff --git a/scripts/download_pdb_mmcif.sh b/scripts/download_pdb_mmcif.sh
index ab0c57f61..7de637f03 100755
--- a/scripts/download_pdb_mmcif.sh
+++ b/scripts/download_pdb_mmcif.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Copyright 2021 DeepMind Technologies Limited
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diff --git a/scripts/download_pdb_seqres.sh b/scripts/download_pdb_seqres.sh
index bef1a9ce9..cb7b44dc6 100755
--- a/scripts/download_pdb_seqres.sh
+++ b/scripts/download_pdb_seqres.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Copyright 2021 DeepMind Technologies Limited
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diff --git a/scripts/download_small_bfd.sh b/scripts/download_small_bfd.sh
index 0b775fa4e..09a61e32b 100755
--- a/scripts/download_small_bfd.sh
+++ b/scripts/download_small_bfd.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Copyright 2021 DeepMind Technologies Limited
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diff --git a/scripts/download_uniprot.sh b/scripts/download_uniprot.sh
index 21250cea7..267bc4f5b 100755
--- a/scripts/download_uniprot.sh
+++ b/scripts/download_uniprot.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Copyright 2021 DeepMind Technologies Limited
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diff --git a/scripts/download_uniref30.sh b/scripts/download_uniref30.sh
index f0abb5372..5111a6454 100755
--- a/scripts/download_uniref30.sh
+++ b/scripts/download_uniref30.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Copyright 2021 DeepMind Technologies Limited
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diff --git a/scripts/download_uniref90.sh b/scripts/download_uniref90.sh
index 7a8b286f0..3ff56773e 100755
--- a/scripts/download_uniref90.sh
+++ b/scripts/download_uniref90.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Copyright 2021 DeepMind Technologies Limited
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