diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js
index 9f334320a0a450..de2fd09e833515 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/__tests__/generate-artifacts-executor-test.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe('generateCode', () => {
     expect(child_process.execSync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(child_process.execSync).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
       1,
-      `cp -R ${tmpOutputDir}/* ${iosOutputDir}`,
+      `cp -R ${tmpOutputDir}/* "${iosOutputDir}"`,
     );
 
     expect(fs.mkdirSync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js
index 53998580d2c1e1..025f80c78663c3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/codegen/generate-artifacts-executor.js
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ function generateCode(iosOutputDir, library, tmpDir, node, pathToSchema) {
   const outputDir =
     CORE_LIBRARIES_WITH_OUTPUT_FOLDER[library.config.name] ?? iosOutputDir;
   fs.mkdirSync(outputDir, {recursive: true});
-  execSync(`cp -R ${tmpOutputDir}/* ${outputDir}`);
+  execSync(`cp -R ${tmpOutputDir}/* "${outputDir}"`);
   console.log(`[Codegen] Generated artifacts: ${iosOutputDir}`);
 }