diff --git a/build-support/release/release-candidate b/build-support/release/release-candidate
index c5aad69..adc378c 100755
--- a/build-support/release/release-candidate
+++ b/build-support/release/release-candidate
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
       # Create the checksums
       gpg --print-md MD5 "${name}" > "${stage_dir}/${name}.md5"
-      shasum "${name}" > "${stage_dir}/${name}.sha"
+      shasum -a 512 "${name}" > "${stage_dir}/${name}.sha512"
     done
   popd
 }