diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
index 5bc85ae7f7a5..f4062084643c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
@@ -3237,13 +3237,13 @@ function(_qt_internal_write_target_deploy_info out_file)
     set(content "")
     foreach(target IN LISTS targets)
         set(var_prefix "__QT_DEPLOY_TARGET_${target}")
-        string(APPEND content "set(${var_prefix}_FILE $<TARGET_FILE:${target}>)\n")
+        string(APPEND content "set(${var_prefix}_FILE \"$<TARGET_FILE:${target}>\")\n")
         get_target_property(target_type ${target} TYPE)
-        string(APPEND content "set(${var_prefix}_TYPE ${target_type})\n")
+        string(APPEND content "set(${var_prefix}_TYPE \"${target_type})\"\n")
         if(WIN32 AND CMAKE_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL "3.21"
             AND target_type IN_LIST dynamic_target_types)
             string(APPEND content
-                "set(${var_prefix}_RUNTIME_DLLS $<TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS:${target}>)\n")
+                "set(${var_prefix}_RUNTIME_DLLS \"$<TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS:${target}>\")\n")
         endif()
     endforeach()
     file(GENERATE OUTPUT "${out_file}" CONTENT "${content}")