diff --git a/code/frameworks/angular/src/builders/utils/run-compodoc.ts b/code/frameworks/angular/src/builders/utils/run-compodoc.ts
index 74551841046b..dc6e541b58da 100644
--- a/code/frameworks/angular/src/builders/utils/run-compodoc.ts
+++ b/code/frameworks/angular/src/builders/utils/run-compodoc.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export const runCompodoc = (
       context.logger.info(finalCompodocArgs.join(' '));
       const child = spawn('npx', finalCompodocArgs, {
         cwd: context.workspaceRoot,
+        shell: true,
       });
 
       child.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
diff --git a/code/frameworks/angular/src/client/docs/angular-properties.test.ts b/code/frameworks/angular/src/client/docs/angular-properties.test.ts
index a30cde917d60..fb37b830bb84 100644
--- a/code/frameworks/angular/src/client/docs/angular-properties.test.ts
+++ b/code/frameworks/angular/src/client/docs/angular-properties.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const runCompodoc = (inputPath: string) => {
   // (and screwed around with relative paths as well, but couldn't get it working)
   spawnSync('yarn', ['compodoc', '-p', `${testDir}/tsconfig.json`, '-e', 'json', '-d', tmpDir], {
     stdio: 'inherit',
+    shell: true,
   });
   const output = fs.readFileSync(`${tmpDir}/documentation.json`, 'utf8');
   try {
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/add.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/add.ts
index f6fb63e3787b..f67c50f1e15a 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/add.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/add.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ const postinstallAddon = async (addonName: string, isOfficialAddon: boolean) =>
         }
         spawnSync('npx', ['jscodeshift', '-t', codemod, configFile], {
           stdio: 'inherit',
+          shell: true,
         });
         skipMsg = null;
       } catch (err) {
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/js-package-manager/JsPackageManager.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/js-package-manager/JsPackageManager.ts
index b4a73c24d7d2..85aed958e766 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/js-package-manager/JsPackageManager.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/js-package-manager/JsPackageManager.ts
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ export abstract class JsPackageManager {
       cwd: this.cwd,
       stdio: stdio ?? 'pipe',
       encoding: 'utf-8',
+      shell: true,
     });
 
     if (commandResult.status !== 0) {
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/js-package-manager/JsPackageManagerFactory.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/js-package-manager/JsPackageManagerFactory.ts
index 371720418c8e..df1ad452ec1b 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/js-package-manager/JsPackageManagerFactory.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/js-package-manager/JsPackageManagerFactory.ts
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ export class JsPackageManagerFactory {
 }
 
 function hasNPM(cwd?: string) {
-  const npmVersionCommand = spawnSync('npm', ['--version'], { cwd });
+  const npmVersionCommand = spawnSync('npm', ['--version'], { cwd, shell: true });
   return npmVersionCommand.status === 0;
 }
 
 function getYarnVersion(cwd?: string): 1 | 2 | undefined {
-  const yarnVersionCommand = spawnSync('yarn', ['--version'], { cwd });
+  const yarnVersionCommand = spawnSync('yarn', ['--version'], { cwd, shell: true });
 
   if (yarnVersionCommand.status !== 0) {
     return undefined;
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/link.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/link.ts
index ce3e419dcf98..f6da58c1d6c9 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/link.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/link.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export const link = async ({ target, local, start }: LinkOptions) => {
   const version = spawnSync('yarn', ['--version'], {
     cwd: reproDir,
     stdio: 'pipe',
+    shell: true,
   }).stdout.toString();
 
   if (!/^[23]\./.test(version)) {
diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/upgrade.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/upgrade.ts
index 2df15576bb94..90aeaa3c56b7 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/upgrade.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/upgrade.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const warnPackages = (pkgs: Package[]) =>
   pkgs.forEach((pkg) => logger.warn(`- ${formatPackage(pkg)}`));
 
 export const checkVersionConsistency = () => {
-  const lines = spawnSync('npm', ['ls'], { stdio: 'pipe' }).output.toString().split('\n');
+  const lines = spawnSync('npm', ['ls'], { stdio: 'pipe', shell: true }).output.toString().split('\n');
   const storybookPackages = lines
     .map(getStorybookVersion)
     .filter(Boolean)
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ export const upgrade = async ({
   flags = addExtraFlags(EXTRA_FLAGS, flags, packageManager.retrievePackageJson());
   const check = spawnSync('npx', ['npm-check-updates@latest', '/storybook/', ...flags], {
     stdio: 'pipe',
+    shell: true,
   }).output.toString();
   logger.info(check);
 
diff --git a/code/lib/codemod/src/index.js b/code/lib/codemod/src/index.js
index daff5288b100..5d44b44210da 100644
--- a/code/lib/codemod/src/index.js
+++ b/code/lib/codemod/src/index.js
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export async function runCodemod(codemod, { glob, logger, dryRun, rename, parser
       ['jscodeshift', '-t', `${TRANSFORM_DIR}/${codemod}.js`, ...parserArgs, ...files],
       {
         stdio: 'inherit',
+        shell: true,
       }
     );
   }
diff --git a/code/renderers/web-components/src/docs/web-components-properties.test.ts b/code/renderers/web-components/src/docs/web-components-properties.test.ts
index 722f8bdb3291..6d43aa8e4848 100644
--- a/code/renderers/web-components/src/docs/web-components-properties.test.ts
+++ b/code/renderers/web-components/src/docs/web-components-properties.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const runWebComponentsAnalyzer = (inputPath: string) => {
   const customElementsFile = `${tmpDir}/custom-elements.json`;
   spawnSync('yarn', ['wca', 'analyze', inputPath, '--outFile', customElementsFile], {
     stdio: 'inherit',
+    shell: true,
   });
   const output = fs.readFileSync(customElementsFile, 'utf8');
   try {