diff --git a/internal/execext/exec.go b/internal/execext/exec.go
index a418a2aa11..78e90d9ea2 100644
--- a/internal/execext/exec.go
+++ b/internal/execext/exec.go
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ func escape(s string) string {
 	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "&", `\&`)
 	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "(", `\(`)
 	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, ")", `\)`)
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "'", `\'`)
 	return s
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/fingerprint/glob_test.go b/internal/fingerprint/glob_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..222cd2ca01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/fingerprint/glob_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package fingerprint
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/taskfile/ast"
+)
+
+func TestGlobsInDirectoryContainingQuote(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	dir := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "test'd")
+	require.NoError(t, os.Mkdir(dir, 0o755))
+	file := filepath.Join(dir, "test.in")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(file, nil, 0o644))
+
+	files, err := Globs(dir, []*ast.Glob{{Glob: "test.in"}}, false)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, []string{filepath.ToSlash(file)}, files)
+}