diff --git a/pkg/standalone/standalone.go b/pkg/standalone/standalone.go
index 91374aa15..ce84c6a36 100644
--- a/pkg/standalone/standalone.go
+++ b/pkg/standalone/standalone.go
@@ -905,6 +905,7 @@ func moveFileToPath(filepath string, installLocation string) (string, error) {
 		p := os.Getenv("PATH")
 
 		if !strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(p), strings.ToLower(destDir)) {
+			destDir = utils.SanitizeDir(destDir)
 			pathCmd := "[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('Path',[System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('Path','user') + '" + fmt.Sprintf(";%s", destDir) + "', 'user')"
 			_, err := utils.RunCmdAndWait("powershell", pathCmd)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 6a4d3aa3b..fd8aae628 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -403,3 +403,8 @@ func FindFileInDir(dirPath, fileName string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return filePath, nil
 }
+
+// SanitizeDir sanitizes the input string to make it a valid directory.
+func SanitizeDir(destDir string) string {
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(destDir, "'", "''")
+}
diff --git a/utils/utils_test.go b/utils/utils_test.go
index 222a8b20e..d89ea4d0a 100644
--- a/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -512,3 +512,51 @@ func cleanupTempDir(t *testing.T, fileName string) {
 	err := os.RemoveAll(fileName)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestSanitizeDir(t *testing.T) {
+	testcases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "directory with single quote in three places",
+			input:    "C:\\Use'rs\\sta'rk\\Docum'ents",
+			expected: "C:\\Use''rs\\sta''rk\\Docum''ents",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "directory with single quote in two places",
+			input:    "C:\\Use'rs\\sta'rk",
+			expected: "C:\\Use''rs\\sta''rk",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "directory with single quote in username",
+			input:    "C:\\Users\\Debash'ish",
+			expected: "C:\\Users\\Debash''ish",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "directory with no single quote",
+			input:    "C:\\Users\\Shubham",
+			expected: "C:\\Users\\Shubham",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "directory with single quote in one place",
+			input:    "C:\\Use'rs\\Shubham",
+			expected: "C:\\Use''rs\\Shubham",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "directory with single quote in many places in username",
+			input:    "C:\\Users\\Shu'bh'am",
+			expected: "C:\\Users\\Shu''bh''am",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testcases {
+		tc := tc
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+			actual := SanitizeDir(tc.input)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, actual)
+		})
+	}
+}