diff --git a/main/mbuffer/template.py b/main/mbuffer/template.py
index e760b0d3aa..534482a29f 100644
--- a/main/mbuffer/template.py
+++ b/main/mbuffer/template.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 pkgname = "mbuffer"
 pkgver = "20240929"
-pkgrel = 0
+pkgrel = 1
 build_style = "cmake"
 make_dir = "."
-hostmakedepends = ["cmake", "ninja", "bash", "linux-headers"]
+hostmakedepends = ["cmake", "ninja"]
+makedepends = ["linux-headers"]
 pkgdesc = "Tool for buffering data streams"
 maintainer = "Erica Z <zerica@callcc.eu>"
 license = "GPL-3.0-only"
@@ -13,4 +14,4 @@
 
 
 def pre_configure(self):
-    self.do("bash", "mkversion.sh")
+    self.do("sh", "mkversion.sh")