diff --git a/ipatests/ipa-run-tests b/ipatests/ipa-run-tests
index b645f3877..599b5cf53 100755
--- a/ipatests/ipa-run-tests
+++ b/ipatests/ipa-run-tests
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if not has_option("junit_family"):
 pyt_args = [sys.executable, "-c",
             "import sys,pytest;sys.exit(pytest.main())"] + sys.argv[1:]
 # shell is needed to perform globbing
-sh_args = ["/bin/sh", "--norc", "--noprofile", "-c", "--"]
+sh_args = ["/bin/bash", "--norc", "--noprofile", "-c", "--"]
 pyt_args_esc = [
     f"'{x}'" if not x or " " in x else x
     for x in pyt_args