diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 6ff4c3b6..930d680e 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ function build_release() {
 
     # Add the hashes for the individual binaries as well for easy verification
     # of a single installed binary.
-    sha256sum "${dir}/"* >> "manifest-$tag.txt" 
+    shasum -a 256 "${dir}/"* >> "manifest-$tag.txt" 
 
     if [[ $os == "windows" ]]; then
       reproducible_zip "${dir}"
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ function build_release() {
   done
 
   # Add the hash of the packages too, then sort by the second column (name).
-  sha256sum lnd-* vendor* >> "manifest-$tag.txt"
+  shasum -a 256 lnd-* vendor* >> "manifest-$tag.txt"
   LC_ALL=C sort -k2 -o "manifest-$tag.txt" "manifest-$tag.txt"
   cat "manifest-$tag.txt"
 }
diff --git a/scripts/verify-install.sh b/scripts/verify-install.sh
index e62e8001..30248cb0 100755
--- a/scripts/verify-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/verify-install.sh
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ check_command gpg
 
 LND_VERSION=$($LND_BIN --version | cut -d'=' -f2)
 LNCLI_VERSION=$($LNCLI_BIN --version | cut -d'=' -f2)
-LND_SUM=$(sha256sum $LND_BIN | cut -d' ' -f1)
-LNCLI_SUM=$(sha256sum $LNCLI_BIN | cut -d' ' -f1)
+LND_SUM=$(shasum -a 256 $LND_BIN | cut -d' ' -f1)
+LNCLI_SUM=$(shasum -a 256 $LNCLI_BIN | cut -d' ' -f1)
 
 echo "Detected lnd $LND_BIN version $LND_VERSION with SHA256 sum $LND_SUM"
 echo "Detected lncli $LNCLI_BIN version $LNCLI_VERSION with SHA256 sum $LNCLI_SUM"