diff --git a/metadata-events/mxe-schemas/build.gradle b/metadata-events/mxe-schemas/build.gradle
index ab0ea8b649e9d..6dfe69a420242 100644
--- a/metadata-events/mxe-schemas/build.gradle
+++ b/metadata-events/mxe-schemas/build.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ task copyOriginalAvsc(type: Copy, dependsOn: generateAvroSchema) {
 }
 
 task renameNamespace(type: Exec, dependsOn: copyOriginalAvsc) {
-  commandLine 'sh', './rename-namespace.sh'
+  commandLine 'bash', './rename-namespace.sh'
 }
 
 build.dependsOn renameNamespace
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ clean {
   project.delete('src/main/pegasus')
   project.delete('src/mainGeneratedAvroSchema/avro')
   project.delete('src/renamed/avro')
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}