diff --git a/scripts/releases/ios-prebuild/build.js b/scripts/releases/ios-prebuild/build.js
index bb3e33ff5934..a1aa2b7629dc 100644
--- a/scripts/releases/ios-prebuild/build.js
+++ b/scripts/releases/ios-prebuild/build.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * @format
  */
 
-const {execSync} = require('child_process');
+const {execFileSync} = require('child_process');
 
 /*::
 import type { Dependency, Destination, Platform } from './types';
@@ -53,15 +53,19 @@ async function buildPlatform(
   buildFolder /*: string */,
 ) {
   console.log(`Building ${destination}...`);
-  const command =
-    `xcodebuild -scheme "${scheme}" -destination "generic/platform=${destination}" ` +
-    `-derivedDataPath "${buildFolder}" ` +
-    `-configuration "${configuration}" ` +
-    'SKIP_INSTALL=NO \
-    BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION=YES \
-    DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT=dwarf-with-dsym';
-
-  execSync(command, {cwd: rootFolder, stdio: 'inherit'});
+  execFileSync(
+    'xcodebuild',
+    [
+      '-scheme', scheme,
+      '-destination', `generic/platform=${destination}`,
+      '-derivedDataPath', buildFolder,
+      '-configuration', configuration,
+      'SKIP_INSTALL=NO',
+      'BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION=YES',
+      'DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT=dwarf-with-dsym',
+    ],
+    {cwd: rootFolder, stdio: 'inherit'},
+  );
 }
 
 module.exports = {