diff --git a/.github/workflows/mkreleaselog.yml b/.github/workflows/mkreleaselog.yml
index ce25adceca..e48f715114 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mkreleaselog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mkreleaselog.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           cd ..
           cp -r go-libp2p ~/go/github.com/libp2p
       - name: Run mkreleaselog script
+        shell: zsh
         run: |
           cd ~/go/github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p
           ./scripts/mkreleaselog