diff --git a/scripts/download-unicode-files.sh b/scripts/download-unicode-files.sh
index 687b946e6f..f0fd4c66ea 100755
--- a/scripts/download-unicode-files.sh
+++ b/scripts/download-unicode-files.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ done
 
 for filename in $emoji_files ; do
   curl -L -o "$UNIDIR/$filename" "$DOWNLOAD_URL_BASE/UNIDATA/emoji/$filename"
-  git -C "$UNIDIR" add $filename
+  git -C "$UNIDIR" add "$filename"
 done
 
 git -C "$UNIDIR" commit -m "feat: update unicode tables" .