diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4b3ca99864..dedd387eb6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CONTAINER_ENGINE ?= docker
 IMAGE_REGISTRY ?= gcr.io/k8s-staging-sig-docs
 IMAGE_VERSION=$(shell scripts/hash-files.sh Dockerfile Makefile | cut -c 1-12)
 CONTAINER_IMAGE   = $(IMAGE_REGISTRY)/k8s-website-hugo:v$(HUGO_VERSION)-$(IMAGE_VERSION)
-CONTAINER_RUN     = $(CONTAINER_ENGINE) run --rm --interactive --tty --volume $(CURDIR):/src
+CONTAINER_RUN     = "$(CONTAINER_ENGINE)" run --rm --interactive --tty --volume "$(CURDIR):/src"
 
 CCRED=\033[0;31m
 CCEND=\033[0m
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ docker-internal-linkcheck:
 
 container-internal-linkcheck: link-checker-image-pull
 	$(CONTAINER_RUN) $(CONTAINER_IMAGE) hugo --config config.toml,linkcheck-config.toml --buildFuture --environment test
-	$(CONTAINER_ENGINE) run --mount type=bind,source=$(CURDIR),target=/test --rm wjdp/htmltest htmltest
+	$(CONTAINER_ENGINE) run --mount "type=bind,source=$(CURDIR),target=/test" --rm wjdp/htmltest htmltest
 
 clean-api-reference: ## Clean all directories in API reference directory, preserve _index.md
 	rm -rf content/en/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/*/