diff --git a/build/release.sh b/build/release.sh
index 9e7876b46c..20010d29aa 100755
--- a/build/release.sh
+++ b/build/release.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/build/common.sh"
 source "${KUBE_ROOT}/build/lib/release.sh"
 
diff --git a/hack/.shellcheck_failures b/hack/.shellcheck_failures
index 39527f83d6..594ff7a8da 100644
--- a/hack/.shellcheck_failures
+++ b/hack/.shellcheck_failures
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 ./build/package-tarballs.sh
 ./build/release-images.sh
 ./build/release-in-a-container.sh
-./build/release.sh
 ./build/util.sh
 ./cluster/addons/addon-manager/kube-addons.sh
 ./cluster/addons/fluentd-elasticsearch/es-image/run.sh