diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/credits.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/credits.cgi
index 6eb7f1e49..f4f22e1a2 100644
--- a/html/cgi-bin/credits.cgi
+++ b/html/cgi-bin/credits.cgi
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ Ersan Yildirim,
 Stephan Feddersen,
 Joern-Ingo Weigert,
 Alexander Koch,
-Wolfgang Apolinarski,
 Stéphane Pautrel,
+Wolfgang Apolinarski,
 Alfred Haas,
 Lars Schuhmacher,
 Rene Zingel,
diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh
index 452284c16..02043cf69 100755
--- a/make.sh
+++ b/make.sh
@@ -897,9 +897,14 @@ update_contributors() {
 	local contributors="$(contributors | paste -sd , - | sed -e "s/,/&\\\\n/g")"
 
 	# Edit contributors into credits.cgi
-	awk -i inplace \
-		"/<!-- CONTRIBUTORS -->/{ p=1; print; printf \"${contributors}\n\"}/<!-- END -->/{ p=0 } !p" \
-		"${BASEDIR}/html/cgi-bin/credits.cgi"
+	local tmp="$(mktemp)"
+
+	awk "/<!-- CONTRIBUTORS -->/{ p=1; print; printf \"${contributors}\n\"}/<!-- END -->/{ p=0 } !p" \
+		< "${BASEDIR}/html/cgi-bin/credits.cgi" > "${tmp}"
+
+	# Copy back modified content
+	cat "${tmp}" > "${BASEDIR}/html/cgi-bin/credits.cgi"
+	unlink "${tmp}"
 
 	print_status DONE
 	return 0