diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f08e4f431e2..09eeb31281c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug #68657 (Reading 4 byte floats with Mysqli and libmysqlclient
     has rounding errors) (Keyur Govande)
 
+- Session:
+  . Fixed bug #68941 (mod_files.sh is a bash-script) (bugzilla at ii.nl, Yasuo)
+
 - Streams:
   . Fixed bug which caused call after final close on streams filter. (Bob)
 
diff --git a/ext/session/mod_files.sh b/ext/session/mod_files.sh
index 4fc4f20f7f1..aac0d48fd01 100644
--- a/ext/session/mod_files.sh
+++ b/ext/session/mod_files.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 if [[ "$2" = "" ]] || [[ "$3" = "" ]]; then
        echo "Usage: $0 BASE_DIRECTORY DEPTH HASH_BITS"