diff --git a/changelog.d/6887.misc b/changelog.d/6887.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b351d47c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6887.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix the use of sed in the linting scripts when using BSD sed.
diff --git a/scripts-dev/config-lint.sh b/scripts-dev/config-lint.sh
index 677a854c8..189ca6653 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/config-lint.sh
+++ b/scripts-dev/config-lint.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # Exits with 0 if there are no problems, or another code otherwise.
 
 # Fix non-lowercase true/false values
-sed -i -E "s/: +True/: true/g; s/: +False/: false/g;" docs/sample_config.yaml
+sed -i.bak -E "s/: +True/: true/g; s/: +False/: false/g;" docs/sample_config.yaml
+rm docs/sample_config.yaml.bak
 
 # Check if anything changed
 git diff --exit-code docs/sample_config.yaml