diff --git a/bids-validator/bids-validator-deno b/bids-validator/bids-validator-deno
index 79c1d9170..d2ba42d53 100755
--- a/bids-validator/bids-validator-deno
+++ b/bids-validator/bids-validator-deno
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#!/bin/env -S deno run --allow-read --allow-write --allow-env --allow-net --allow-run
+#!/usr/bin/env -S deno run --allow-read --allow-write --allow-env --allow-net --allow-run
 import './src/bids-validator.ts'
 
diff --git a/bids-validator/build.ts b/bids-validator/build.ts
index ff780cedb..46059e073 100755
--- a/bids-validator/build.ts
+++ b/bids-validator/build.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/env -S deno run --allow-read --allow-write --allow-env --allow-net --allow-run
+#!/usr/bin/env -S deno run --allow-read --allow-write --allow-env --allow-net --allow-run
 /**
  * Build the schema based validator for distribution (web and npm), targets browser compatible ESM
  *