diff --git a/tools/dep_updaters/utils.sh b/tools/dep_updaters/utils.sh
index c32d7f5a2a0a49..63436781aec8a9 100644
--- a/tools/dep_updaters/utils.sh
+++ b/tools/dep_updaters/utils.sh
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ log_and_verify_sha256sum() {
   package_name="$1"
   archive="$2"
   checksum="$3"
-  bsd_formatted_checksum=$(sha256sum --tag "$archive")
+  bsd_formatted_checksum=$(shasum -a 256 --tag "$archive")
   if [ -z "$3" ]; then
     echo "$bsd_formatted_checksum"
   else
-    archive_checksum=$(sha256sum "$archive")
+    archive_checksum=$(shasum -a 256 "$archive")
     if [ "$checksum" = "$archive_checksum" ]; then
       echo "Valid $package_name checksum"
       echo "$bsd_formatted_checksum"