diff --git a/src/GitVersion.MsBuild/msbuild/tools/GitVersion.MsBuild.props b/src/GitVersion.MsBuild/msbuild/tools/GitVersion.MsBuild.props
index 413e86675b..e1f335e940 100644
--- a/src/GitVersion.MsBuild/msbuild/tools/GitVersion.MsBuild.props
+++ b/src/GitVersion.MsBuild/msbuild/tools/GitVersion.MsBuild.props
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <GitVersion_NoNormalizeEnabled Condition="$(GitVersion_NoNormalizeEnabled) == ''">false</GitVersion_NoNormalizeEnabled>
         <GitVersion_NoCacheEnabled Condition="$(GitVersion_NoCacheEnabled) == ''">false</GitVersion_NoCacheEnabled>
 
-        <GitVersion_ToolArgments>$(GitVersion_CommandLineArguments) -output file -outputfile $(GitVersionOutputFile)</GitVersion_ToolArgments>
+        <GitVersion_ToolArgments>$(GitVersion_CommandLineArguments) -output file -outputfile &quot;$(GitVersionOutputFile)&quot;</GitVersion_ToolArgments>
         <GitVersion_ToolArgments Condition=" '$(GitVersion_NoFetchEnabled)' == 'true' ">$(GitVersion_ToolArgments) -nofetch</GitVersion_ToolArgments>
         <GitVersion_ToolArgments Condition=" '$(GitVersion_NoNormalizeEnabled)' == 'true' ">$(GitVersion_ToolArgments) -nonormalize</GitVersion_ToolArgments>
         <GitVersion_ToolArgments Condition=" '$(GitVersion_NoCacheEnabled)' == 'true' ">$(GitVersion_ToolArgments) -nocache</GitVersion_ToolArgments>