diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh b/packages/react-native/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh
index d59caa1bb14442..b5d50ccb4bb496 100755
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/react-native-xcode.sh
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ if [[ -n "$CONFIG_JSON" ]]; then
 elif [[ -n "$CONFIG_CMD" ]]; then
   EXTRA_ARGS+=("--config-cmd" "$CONFIG_CMD")
 else
-  EXTRA_ARGS+=("--config-cmd" "$NODE_BINARY $NODE_ARGS $REACT_NATIVE_DIR/cli.js config")
+  EXTRA_ARGS+=("--config-cmd" "'$NODE_BINARY' $NODE_ARGS '$REACT_NATIVE_DIR/cli.js' config")
 fi
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086