diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index d897c56..7b8699d 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -275,7 +275,10 @@ class DotnetCoreInstaller {
                     command += ` -ProxyBypassList ${process.env['no_proxy']}`;
                 }
                 // process.env must be explicitly passed in for DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR to be used
-                const powershellPath = yield io.which('powershell', true);
+                let powershellPath = yield io.which('pwsh', false);
+                if (powershellPath == '') {
+                    powershellPath = yield io.which('powershell', true);
+                }
                 var options = {
                     listeners: {
                         stdout: (data) => {
diff --git a/src/installer.ts b/src/installer.ts
index c25d23a..368c4c9 100644
--- a/src/installer.ts
+++ b/src/installer.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,11 @@ export class DotnetCoreInstaller {
       }
 
       // process.env must be explicitly passed in for DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR to be used
-      const powershellPath = await io.which('powershell', true);
+      let powershellPath = await io.which('pwsh', false);
+      if (powershellPath == '')
+      {
+        powershellPath = await io.which('powershell', true);
+      }
 
       var options: ExecOptions = {
         listeners: {