diff --git a/dev/create-release/release-build.sh b/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
index a65d02289c0f0..78fd06ba2be26 100755
--- a/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
+++ b/dev/create-release/release-build.sh
@@ -283,9 +283,7 @@ if [[ "$1" == "package" ]]; then
       echo $GPG_PASSPHRASE | $GPG --passphrase-fd 0 --armour \
         --output $R_DIST_NAME.asc \
         --detach-sig $R_DIST_NAME
-      echo $GPG_PASSPHRASE | $GPG --passphrase-fd 0 --print-md \
-        SHA512 $R_DIST_NAME > \
-        $R_DIST_NAME.sha512
+      shasum -a 512 $R_DIST_NAME > $R_DIST_NAME.sha512
     fi
 
     if [[ -n $PIP_FLAG ]]; then
@@ -296,9 +294,7 @@ if [[ "$1" == "package" ]]; then
       echo $GPG_PASSPHRASE | $GPG --passphrase-fd 0 --armour \
         --output $PYTHON_DIST_NAME.asc \
         --detach-sig $PYTHON_DIST_NAME
-      echo $GPG_PASSPHRASE | $GPG --passphrase-fd 0 --print-md \
-        SHA512 $PYTHON_DIST_NAME > \
-        $PYTHON_DIST_NAME.sha512
+      shasum -a 512 $PYTHON_DIST_NAME > $PYTHON_DIST_NAME.sha512
     fi
 
     echo "Copying and signing regular binary distribution"
@@ -306,9 +302,7 @@ if [[ "$1" == "package" ]]; then
     echo $GPG_PASSPHRASE | $GPG --passphrase-fd 0 --armour \
       --output spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz.asc \
       --detach-sig spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz
-    echo $GPG_PASSPHRASE | $GPG --passphrase-fd 0 --print-md \
-      SHA512 spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz > \
-      spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz.sha512
+    shasum -a 512 spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz > spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz.sha512
   }
 
   # List of binary packages built. Populates two associative arrays, where the key is the "name" of