diff --git a/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php b/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
index 37c73d10f..c25325ad4 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
@@ -2287,7 +2287,10 @@ COPY ./nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf");
     private function generate_build_env_variables()
     {
         $variables = collect($this->nixpacks_plan_json->get('variables'));
+
         $this->build_args = $variables->map(function ($value, $key) {
+            $value = escapeshellarg($value);
+
             return "--build-arg {$key}={$value}";
         });
     }