diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8065885a99..72d45b7661 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ repos:
           entry: ./cpp/scripts/run-cmake-format.sh cmake-format
           language: python
           types: [cmake]
-          #exclude: .*/thirdparty/.*
           # Note that pre-commit autoupdate does not update the versions
           # of dependencies, so we'll have to update this manually.
           additional_dependencies:
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ repos:
           entry: ./cpp/scripts/run-cmake-format.sh cmake-lint
           language: python
           types: [cmake]
-          #exclude: .*/thirdparty/.*
           # Note that pre-commit autoupdate does not update the versions
           # of dependencies, so we'll have to update this manually.
           additional_dependencies:
diff --git a/cpp/scripts/run-cmake-format.sh b/cpp/scripts/run-cmake-format.sh
index b7f7b190c3..39e0346461 100755
--- a/cpp/scripts/run-cmake-format.sh
+++ b/cpp/scripts/run-cmake-format.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ DEFAULT_FORMAT_FILE_LOCATIONS=(
 )
 
 if [ -z ${RAPIDS_CMAKE_FORMAT_FILE:+PLACEHOLDER} ]; then
-    for file_path in ${DEFAULT_FORMAT_FILE_LOCATIONS[@]}; do
+    for file_path in "${DEFAULT_FORMAT_FILE_LOCATIONS[@]}"; do
         if [ -f ${file_path} ]; then
             RAPIDS_CMAKE_FORMAT_FILE=${file_path}
             break
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [[ $1 == "cmake-format" ]]; then
-  cmake-format -i --config-files cpp/cmake/config.json ${RAPIDS_CMAKE_FORMAT_FILE} -- ${@:2}
+  cmake-format -i --config-files cpp/cmake/config.json ${RAPIDS_CMAKE_FORMAT_FILE} -- "${@:2}"
 elif [[ $1 == "cmake-lint" ]]; then
   # Since the pre-commit hook is verbose, we have to be careful to only
   # present cmake-lint's output (which is quite verbose) if we actually
   # observe a failure.
-  OUTPUT=$(cmake-lint --config-files cpp/cmake/config.json ${RAPIDS_CMAKE_FORMAT_FILE} -- ${@:2})
+  OUTPUT=$(cmake-lint --config-files cpp/cmake/config.json ${RAPIDS_CMAKE_FORMAT_FILE} -- "${@:2}")
   status=$?
 
   if ! [ ${status} -eq 0 ]; then