diff --git a/.changeset/famous-birds-boil.md b/.changeset/famous-birds-boil.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41422283638b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/famous-birds-boil.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte-migrate': patch
+---
+
+Correctly rename files with spaces when migrating
diff --git a/packages/migrate/migrations/routes/utils.js b/packages/migrate/migrations/routes/utils.js
index 6fbfa918342f..a9dd61f7bdec 100644
--- a/packages/migrate/migrations/routes/utils.js
+++ b/packages/migrate/migrations/routes/utils.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function error(description, comment_id) {
  */
 export function move_file(file, renamed, content, use_git) {
 	if (use_git) {
-		execSync(`git mv ${file} ${renamed}`);
+		execSync(`git mv ${JSON.stringify(file)} ${JSON.stringify(renamed)}`);
 	} else {
 		fs.unlinkSync(file);
 	}