diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f8cc10d688..d72d5f5173 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ export const createJavaBom = async (path, options) => {
             `maven settings.xml found in ${basePath}. Please set the MVN_ARGS environment variable based on the full mvn build command used for this project.\nExample: MVN_ARGS='--settings ${settingsXml}'`
           );
         }
-        const mavenCmd = getMavenCommand(basePath, path);
+        const mavenCmd = '"'+ getMavenCommand(basePath, path)+'"';
         // Should we attempt to resolve class names
         if (options.resolveClass || options.deep) {
           const tmpjarNSMapping = collectMvnDependencies(