diff --git a/envoy.base.utils/VERSION b/envoy.base.utils/VERSION
index 659914ae9..416bfb0a2 100644
--- a/envoy.base.utils/VERSION
+++ b/envoy.base.utils/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.8
+0.5.9
diff --git a/envoy.base.utils/envoy/base/utils/abstract/project/project.py b/envoy.base.utils/envoy/base/utils/abstract/project/project.py
index f49bb0f14..62cfc5a0b 100644
--- a/envoy.base.utils/envoy/base/utils/abstract/project/project.py
+++ b/envoy.base.utils/envoy/base/utils/abstract/project/project.py
@@ -350,11 +350,11 @@ async def _git_commit(
             else [])
         await self._exec(
             " ".join(("git", "add", *changed)))
-        msg = msg.replace("'", r"\'")
+        msg = msg.replace("`", r"\`").replace('"', r"\"")
         await self._exec(
             " ".join((
                 "git", "commit", *author_args, *changed,
-                "-m", f"'{msg}'")))
+                "-m", f"\"{msg}\"")))
 
     def _patch_versions(
             self,
diff --git a/envoy.base.utils/tests/test_abstract_project.py b/envoy.base.utils/tests/test_abstract_project.py
index c9496877e..fec8b3d66 100644
--- a/envoy.base.utils/tests/test_abstract_project.py
+++ b/envoy.base.utils/tests/test_abstract_project.py
@@ -1073,12 +1073,18 @@ async def test_abstract_project__git_commit(iters, patches):
         == [[(" ".join(["git", "add", *changed]), ),
              {}],
             [(" ".join([
-                "git", "commit", *changed,
-                "-m", f"'{msg.replace.return_value}'"]), ),
+                "git",
+                "commit",
+                *changed,
+                "-m",
+                f"\"{msg.replace.return_value.replace.return_value}\""]), ),
              {}]])
     assert (
         msg.replace.call_args
-        == [("'", r"\'"), {}])
+        == [("`", r"\`"), {}])
+    assert (
+        msg.replace.return_value.replace.call_args
+        == [('"', r"\""), {}])
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("returns", [None, 0, 23, "cabbage"])