diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 7d20f563..396bea48 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ task:
     - |
       case "${DIST}" in
         ALPINE)
-          apk add cmake samurai gtest-dev autoconf autoconf-archive automake libtool pkgconf make
+          apk add bash cmake samurai gtest-dev autoconf autoconf-archive automake libtool pkgconf make
           case "${BUILD_TYPE}" in
             asan|lsan|ubsan)
               apk add clang17 compiler-rt
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ task:
           ;;
         FREEBSD)
           # pkg upgrade -y && \
-          pkg install -y cmake ninja googletest pkgconf
+          pkg install -y bash cmake ninja googletest pkgconf
+          ln -sf /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/bash
           case "${BUILD_TYPE}" in
             asan|analyze|ubsan|lsan)
               pkg install -y llvm autoconf automake libtool gmake
diff --git a/.github/workflows/netbsd.yml b/.github/workflows/netbsd.yml
index 9ca471f1..ca3dc9e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/netbsd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/netbsd.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ jobs:
             echo "CMAKE_FLAGS: $CMAKE_FLAGS"
             echo "CMAKE_TEST_FLAGS: $CMAKE_TEST_FLAGS"
             echo "PKG_PATH: $PKG_PATH"
-            sudo -E /usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_add -u cmake googletest pkgconf ninja-build
+            sudo -E /usr/pkg/sbin/pkg_add -u bash cmake googletest pkgconf ninja-build gdb
+            sudo ln -sf /usr/pkg/bin/bash /bin/bash
             ./ci/build.sh
             ./ci/test.sh
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openbsd.yml b/.github/workflows/openbsd.yml
index 10336253..f1a23eb0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openbsd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openbsd.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ jobs:
           shell: 'bash'
           environment_variables: DIST BUILD_TYPE CMAKE_FLAGS CMAKE_TEST_FLAGS
           run: |
-            sudo pkg_add cmake gtest pkgconf ninja
+            sudo pkg_add bash cmake gtest pkgconf ninja gdb lldb
+            sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/bash
             echo "BUILD_TYPE: $BUILD_TYPE"
             echo "CMAKE_FLAGS: $CMAKE_FLAGS"
             echo "CMAKE_TEST_FLAGS: $CMAKE_TEST_FLAGS"
diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
index e4e9f771..04976d5a 100755
--- a/ci/build.sh
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ if [ "$BUILD_TYPE" = "autotools" -o "$BUILD_TYPE" = "coverage" ]; then
     export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -O0 -g"
     $SCAN_WRAP ../configure --disable-symbol-hiding --enable-maintainer-mode $CONFIG_OPTS
     $SCAN_WRAP make
+    cd ..
 else
     # Use cmake for everything else
     rm -rf cmakebld
@@ -39,4 +40,5 @@ else
     fi
     $SCAN_WRAP cmake ${CMAKE_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_TEST_FLAGS} ..
     $SCAN_WRAP cmake --build .
+    cd ..
 fi
diff --git a/ci/test.sh b/ci/test.sh
index 3dd6c166..938adee4 100755
--- a/ci/test.sh
+++ b/ci/test.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 # Copyright (C) The c-ares project and its contributors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 set -e -x -o pipefail