diff --git a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_review.py b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_review.py
index c2793f98a2..b2531ebae9 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_review.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_review.py
@@ -454,6 +454,13 @@ def _render_output_definitions(
                 raise NotImplementedError
 
             subprcs_cmd = " ".join(ffmpeg_args)
+            if os.getenv("SHELL") in ("/bin/bash", "/bin/sh"):
+                # Escape parentheses for bash
+                subprcs_cmd = (
+                    subprcs_cmd
+                    .replace("(", "\\(")
+                    .replace(")", "\\)")
+                )
 
             # run subprocess
             self.log.debug("Executing: {}".format(subprcs_cmd))
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_review_slate.py b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_review_slate.py
index 35f55e275c..01a65e89ae 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_review_slate.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_review_slate.py
@@ -269,6 +269,13 @@ def process(self, instance):
                 " ".join(output_args)
             ]
             slate_subprocess_cmd = " ".join(slate_args)
+            if os.getenv("SHELL") in ("/bin/bash", "/bin/sh"):
+                # Escape parentheses for bash
+                slate_subprocess_cmd = (
+                    slate_subprocess_cmd
+                    .replace("(", "\\(")
+                    .replace(")", "\\)")
+                )
 
             # run slate generation subprocess
             self.log.debug(
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
index d1b6e4e0cc..328cb308b9 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
@@ -455,6 +455,14 @@ def _create_thumbnail_ffmpeg(self, src_path, dst_path):
         # output file
         jpeg_items.append(path_to_subprocess_arg(dst_path))
         subprocess_command = " ".join(jpeg_items)
+        if os.getenv("SHELL") in ("/bin/bash", "/bin/sh"):
+            # Escape parentheses for bash
+            subprocess_command = (
+                subprocess_command
+                .replace("(", "\\(")
+                .replace(")", "\\)")
+            )
+
         try:
             run_subprocess(
                 subprocess_command, shell=True, logger=self.log