diff --git a/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh b/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
index b77b74890e100a..a7643894cafab6 100755
--- a/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 vcpkgRootDir=$(X= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && pwd -P)
-. $vcpkgRootDir/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+. "$vcpkgRootDir/scripts/bootstrap.sh"
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.sh b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
index 8a4c929366aa16..e999fa55e41df9 100644
--- a/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ fetchTool()
         return 1
     fi
 
-    xmlFileAsString=`cat $vcpkgRootDir/scripts/vcpkgTools.xml`
+    xmlFileAsString=`cat "$vcpkgRootDir/scripts/vcpkgTools.xml"`
     toolRegexStart="<tool name=\"$tool\" os=\"$os\">"
     toolData="$(extractStringBetweenDelimiters "$xmlFileAsString" "$toolRegexStart" "</tool>")"
     if [ "$toolData" = "" ]; then