diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index 8b8f5e5..3a0aeb8 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def build_dagster_cloud_pex(
         "--pip-version=23.0",
         "--resolver-version=pip-2020-resolver",
         "--venv=prepend",
-        "--python-shebang=/usr/bin/env python",
+        "--sh-boot",
         "-vvvvv",
     ]
     print(f"Running {args}")