diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 189642d..2948d49 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -70,17 +70,6 @@ version = "2.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5c8214115b7bf84099f1309324e63141d4c5d7cc26862f97a0a857dbefe165bd"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bstr"
-version = "1.11.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "531a9155a481e2ee699d4f98f43c0ca4ff8ee1bfd55c31e9e98fb29d2b176fe0"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
- "regex-automata",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -166,6 +155,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "enquote"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06c36cb11dbde389f4096111698d8b567c0720e3452fd5ac3e6b4e47e1939932"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -196,10 +194,10 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "either",
+ "enquote",
  "inquire",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "shell-quote",
  "subprocess",
  "toml",
  "yansi",
@@ -355,12 +353,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.4.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.20"
@@ -414,15 +406,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "shell-quote"
-version = "0.7.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fb502615975ae2365825521fa1529ca7648fd03ce0b0746604e0683856ecd7e4"
-dependencies = [
- "bstr",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -486,6 +469,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.69"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b6aaf5339b578ea85b50e080feb250a3e8ae8cfcdff9a461c9ec2904bc923f52"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.69"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4fee6c4efc90059e10f81e6d42c60a18f76588c3d74cb83a0b242a2b6c7504c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "1.1.8"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ccaada4..5a20d77 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ edition = "2024"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.26", features = ["cargo"] }
 either = { version = "1.15.0", features = ["serde"] }
+enquote = "1.1.0"
 inquire = "0.7.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.137"
-shell-quote = "0.7.2"
 subprocess = "0.2.9"
 toml = "0.8.20"
 yansi = "1.0.1"
diff --git a/src/bootstrap.rs b/src/bootstrap.rs
index 563111e..4ab65fb 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use either::Either;
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use shell_quote::{Bash, QuoteRefExt};
 use subprocess::Exec;
 
 use crate::git::switch_branch;
@@ -138,11 +137,11 @@ pub fn build_script_vars(expose: Option<Vec<String>>, vars: &[AskValue]) -> Stri
             .iter()
             .map(|x| match x {
                 AskValue::Text(name, text) => {
-                    format!("export {name}='{}'", || -> String { text.quoted(Bash) }())
+                    format!("export {name}='{}'", enquote::enquote('\'', text))
                 }
                 AskValue::Number(name, num) => format!("export {name}={num}"),
                 AskValue::Selection(name, select) => {
-                    format!("export {name}='{}'", || -> String { select.quoted(Bash) }())
+                    format!("export {name}='{}'", enquote::enquote('\'', select))
                 }
                 AskValue::Bool(name, b) => format!("export {name}='{}'", b.to_string()),
             })