diff --git a/src/plugins.ts b/src/plugins.ts
index 3c7572ff..0ff10f20 100644
--- a/src/plugins.ts
+++ b/src/plugins.ts
@@ -396,7 +396,8 @@ export default class Plugins {
     this.debug(`Using node executable located at: ${nodeExecutable}`)
     this.debug(`Using npm executable located at: ${npmCli}`)
 
-    const command = `${nodeExecutable} ${npmCli} show ${name} dist-tags`
+    // wrap node and path in double quotes to deal with spaces
+    const command = `"${nodeExecutable}" "${npmCli}" show ${name} dist-tags`
 
     let npmShowResult
     try {
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 3fe51263..a5057d6c 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ export async function findNode(root: string): Promise<string> {
   // Check to see if node is installed
   const nodeShellString = shelljs.which('node')
   if (nodeShellString?.code === 0 && nodeShellString?.stdout) {
-    // wrap node path in double quotes to deal with spaces
-    return `"${nodeShellString.stdout}"`
+    return `${nodeShellString.stdout}`
   }
 
   const err = new Error('Cannot locate node executable.')