diff --git a/release/create_release_manifest.py b/release/create_release_manifest.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 8d2e1241df..8e39f2b31c
--- a/release/create_release_manifest.py
+++ b/release/create_release_manifest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 import argparse
 import dataclasses
 import json