diff --git a/eng/targets/Npm.Common.targets b/eng/targets/Npm.Common.targets
index 7695ed7039..312de9da0c 100644
--- a/eng/targets/Npm.Common.targets
+++ b/eng/targets/Npm.Common.targets
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     <Copy SourceFiles="$(PackageJson)" DestinationFiles="$(_BackupPackageJson)" />
 
     <Yarn Command="version --no-git-tag-version --new-version $(PackageVersion)" />
-    <Exec Command="node $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\scripts\update-packagejson-links.js $(PackageJson) $(PackageVersion)" />
+    <Exec Command="node &quot;$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\scripts\update-packagejson-links.js&quot; &quot;$(PackageJson)&quot; $(PackageVersion)" />
     <Yarn Command="pack --filename $(PackageFileName)" />
 
     <Move SourceFiles="$(_PackageTargetPath)" DestinationFolder="$(PackageOutputPath)" />
diff --git a/src/Framework/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.csproj b/src/Framework/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.csproj
index 50c2531827..b962427634 100644
--- a/src/Framework/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.csproj
+++ b/src/Framework/ref/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref.csproj
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ This package is an internal implementation of the .NET Core SDK and is not meant
           Condition="'$(IsPackable)' == 'true'">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <_TarCommand>tar</_TarCommand>
-      <_TarCommand Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot).tools\tar.exe')">$(RepoRoot).tools\tar.exe</_TarCommand>
+      <_TarCommand Condition="Exists('$(RepoRoot).tools\tar.exe')">"$(RepoRoot).tools\tar.exe"</_TarCommand>
 
       <!-- For the tar packed with git, transform e.g. "C:\root\AspNetCore\File.tar.gz" to "/C/root/AspNetCore/File.tar.gz". -->
       <_TarArchiveOutputPath>$(TarArchiveOutputPath)</_TarArchiveOutputPath>
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ This package is an internal implementation of the .NET Core SDK and is not meant
       Overwrite="true" />
 
     <!-- Requires Windows 10 version 1803 or newer -->
-    <Message Importance="High" Text="Executing: $(_TarCommand) -czf $(_TarArchiveOutputPath) ." />
-    <Exec Command="$(_TarCommand) -czf $(_TarArchiveOutputPath) ."
+    <Message Importance="High" Text="Executing: $(_TarCommand) -czf &quot;$(_TarArchiveOutputPath)&quot; ." />
+    <Exec Command="$(_TarCommand) -czf &quot;$(_TarArchiveOutputPath)&quot; ."
         WorkingDirectory="$(TargetingPackLayoutRoot)" />
 
     <Message Importance="High" Text="$(MSBuildProjectName) -> $(TarArchiveOutputPath)" />