diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c96197d4e7..fd2a9fe0e9 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ jobs:
       - pre-steps
       - run: ENCRYPTED_ENV=1 ROCKSDB_DISABLE_SNAPPY=1 ROCKSDB_DISABLE_ZLIB=1 ROCKSDB_DISABLE_BZIP=1 ROCKSDB_DISABLE_LZ4=1 ROCKSDB_DISABLE_ZSTD=1 make V=1 J=32 -j32 check
       - run: |
-          ./sst_dump --help | egrep -q 'Supported compression types: kNoCompression$' # Verify no compiled in compression
+          ./sst_dump --help | grep -E -q 'Supported compression types: kNoCompression$' # Verify no compiled in compression
       - post-steps
 
   build-linux-shared_lib-alt_namespace-status_checked:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4d46f8b1e0..9e300a20c1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ ifneq ($(filter check-headers, $(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
 # TODO: add/support JNI headers
 	DEV_HEADER_DIRS := $(sort include/ $(dir $(ALL_SOURCES)))
 # Some headers like in port/ are platform-specific
-	DEV_HEADERS := $(shell $(FIND) $(DEV_HEADER_DIRS) -type f -name '*.h' | egrep -v 'port/|plugin/|lua/|range_tree/')
+	DEV_HEADERS := $(shell $(FIND) $(DEV_HEADER_DIRS) -type f -name '*.h' | grep -E -v 'port/|plugin/|lua/|range_tree/')
 else
 	DEV_HEADERS :=
 endif
@@ -795,9 +795,9 @@ TOOLS_LIBRARY=$(STATIC_TOOLS_LIBRARY)
 endif
 STRESS_LIBRARY=$(STATIC_STRESS_LIBRARY)
 
-ROCKSDB_MAJOR = $(shell egrep "ROCKSDB_MAJOR.[0-9]" include/rocksdb/version.h | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
-ROCKSDB_MINOR = $(shell egrep "ROCKSDB_MINOR.[0-9]" include/rocksdb/version.h | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
-ROCKSDB_PATCH = $(shell egrep "ROCKSDB_PATCH.[0-9]" include/rocksdb/version.h | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
+ROCKSDB_MAJOR = $(shell grep -E "ROCKSDB_MAJOR.[0-9]" include/rocksdb/version.h | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
+ROCKSDB_MINOR = $(shell grep -E "ROCKSDB_MINOR.[0-9]" include/rocksdb/version.h | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
+ROCKSDB_PATCH = $(shell grep -E "ROCKSDB_PATCH.[0-9]" include/rocksdb/version.h | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
 
 # If NO_UPDATE_BUILD_VERSION is set we don't update util/build_version.cc, but
 # the file needs to already exist or else the build will fail
diff --git a/build_tools/gnu_parallel b/build_tools/gnu_parallel
index 757b25f11d..211e969465 100755
--- a/build_tools/gnu_parallel
+++ b/build_tools/gnu_parallel
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ sub parse_env_var {
     # Check if any variables contain \n
     if(my @v = map { s/BASH_FUNC_(.*)\(\)/$1/; $_ } grep { $ENV{$_}=~/\n/ } @vars) {
 	# \n is bad for csh and will cause it to fail.
-	$Global::envwarn = ::shell_quote_scalar(q{echo $SHELL | egrep "/t?csh" > /dev/null && echo CSH/TCSH DO NOT SUPPORT newlines IN VARIABLES/FUNCTIONS. Unset }."@v".q{ && exec false;}."\n\n") . $Global::envwarn;
+	$Global::envwarn = ::shell_quote_scalar(q{echo $SHELL | grep -E "/t?csh" > /dev/null && echo CSH/TCSH DO NOT SUPPORT newlines IN VARIABLES/FUNCTIONS. Unset }."@v".q{ && exec false;}."\n\n") . $Global::envwarn;
     }
 
     if(not @qcsh) { push @qcsh, "true"; }
diff --git a/java/Makefile b/java/Makefile
index 9a28abadf5..bc171079ba 100644
--- a/java/Makefile
+++ b/java/Makefile
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ NATIVE_JAVA_TEST_CLASSES = \
     org.rocksdb.WriteBatchTest\
     org.rocksdb.WriteBatchTestInternalHelper
 
-ROCKSDB_MAJOR = $(shell egrep "ROCKSDB_MAJOR.[0-9]" ../include/rocksdb/version.h | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
-ROCKSDB_MINOR = $(shell egrep "ROCKSDB_MINOR.[0-9]" ../include/rocksdb/version.h | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
-ROCKSDB_PATCH = $(shell egrep "ROCKSDB_PATCH.[0-9]" ../include/rocksdb/version.h | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
+ROCKSDB_MAJOR = $(shell grep -E "ROCKSDB_MAJOR.[0-9]" ../include/rocksdb/version.h | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
+ROCKSDB_MINOR = $(shell grep -E "ROCKSDB_MINOR.[0-9]" ../include/rocksdb/version.h | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
+ROCKSDB_PATCH = $(shell grep -E "ROCKSDB_PATCH.[0-9]" ../include/rocksdb/version.h | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
 
 NATIVE_INCLUDE = ./include
 ARCH := $(shell getconf LONG_BIT)