diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/tooling/maven-wrapper/base/mvnw.tpl.qute b/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/tooling/maven-wrapper/base/mvnw.tpl.qute
index 6e36dcc7b0e52..08fc65ae6ceb8 100755
--- a/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/tooling/maven-wrapper/base/mvnw.tpl.qute
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/base-codestarts/src/main/resources/codestarts/quarkus/tooling/maven-wrapper/base/mvnw.tpl.qute
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ concat_lines() {
   fi
 }
 
-BASE_DIR=$(find_maven_basedir "$(dirname $0)")
+BASE_DIR=$(find_maven_basedir "$(dirname "$0")")
 if [ -z "$BASE_DIR" ]; then
   exit 1;
 fi