diff --git a/documentation/build_all_to_dist.sh b/documentation/build_all_to_dist.sh
index b414e92df6..76c58f5e6d 100755
--- a/documentation/build_all_to_dist.sh
+++ b/documentation/build_all_to_dist.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
 # this is a script called by the github CI and CD workflows to build all 3 docs projects
 # and move them to /dist/ in the root of the monorepo. They are rsynced to various servers
 # from there by subsequent workflow tasks.
diff --git a/documentation/bump_versions.sh b/documentation/bump_versions.sh
index 2ff1c2c882..8b1f68e1f8 100755
--- a/documentation/bump_versions.sh
+++ b/documentation/bump_versions.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
 # takes one manadatory arg and one optional arg: wallet release and minimum rust versions
 # it then uses sed to bump them in the three book.toml files.
 #
diff --git a/documentation/post_process.sh b/documentation/post_process.sh
index bbc866a66b..b9abb4f9bb 100755
--- a/documentation/post_process.sh
+++ b/documentation/post_process.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
 # this is a script called by the github CI and CD workflows to post process CSS/image/href links for serving
 # several mdbooks from a subdirectory