diff --git a/libexec/pyenv-global b/libexec/pyenv-global
index b2ea4b6d..102e082a 100755
--- a/libexec/pyenv-global
+++ b/libexec/pyenv-global
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "--complete" ]; then
   exec pyenv-versions --bare
 fi
 
-versions=($@)
+versions=("$@")
 PYENV_VERSION_FILE="${PYENV_ROOT}/version"
 
 if [ -n "$versions" ]; then
diff --git a/libexec/pyenv-local b/libexec/pyenv-local
index 529cbf01..b6536050 100755
--- a/libexec/pyenv-local
+++ b/libexec/pyenv-local
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "--complete" ]; then
   exec pyenv-versions --bare
 fi
 
-versions=($@)
+versions=("$@")
 
 if [ "$versions" = "--unset" ]; then
   rm -f .python-version .pyenv-version