diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 63072b8e3..47a99f132 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -7121,7 +7121,9 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
                 // Configure a placeholder value. This approach avoids the credential being captured
                 // by process creation audit events, which are commonly logged. For more information,
                 // refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/manage/component-updates/command-line-process-auditing
-                const output = yield this.git.submoduleForeach(`git config --local '${this.tokenConfigKey}' '${this.tokenPlaceholderConfigValue}' && git config --local --show-origin --name-only --get-regexp remote.origin.url`, this.settings.nestedSubmodules);
+                const output = yield this.git.submoduleForeach(
+                // wrap the pipeline in quotes to make sure it's handled properly by submoduleForeach, rather than just the first part of the pipeline
+                `sh -c "git config --local '${this.tokenConfigKey}' '${this.tokenPlaceholderConfigValue}' && git config --local --show-origin --name-only --get-regexp remote.origin.url"`, this.settings.nestedSubmodules);
                 // Replace the placeholder
                 const configPaths = output.match(/(?<=(^|\n)file:)[^\t]+(?=\tremote\.origin\.url)/g) || [];
                 for (const configPath of configPaths) {
@@ -7288,7 +7290,9 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
                 }
             }
             const pattern = regexpHelper.escape(configKey);
-            yield this.git.submoduleForeach(`git config --local --name-only --get-regexp '${pattern}' && git config --local --unset-all '${configKey}' || :`, true);
+            yield this.git.submoduleForeach(
+            // wrap the pipeline in quotes to make sure it's handled properly by submoduleForeach, rather than just the first part of the pipeline
+            `sh -c "git config --local --name-only --get-regexp '${pattern}' && git config --local --unset-all '${configKey}' || :"`, true);
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/git-auth-helper.ts b/src/git-auth-helper.ts
index 3c6db8e77..6e3ad2897 100644
--- a/src/git-auth-helper.ts
+++ b/src/git-auth-helper.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
       // by process creation audit events, which are commonly logged. For more information,
       // refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/manage/component-updates/command-line-process-auditing
       const output = await this.git.submoduleForeach(
-        `git config --local '${this.tokenConfigKey}' '${this.tokenPlaceholderConfigValue}' && git config --local --show-origin --name-only --get-regexp remote.origin.url`,
+        // wrap the pipeline in quotes to make sure it's handled properly by submoduleForeach, rather than just the first part of the pipeline
+        `sh -c "git config --local '${this.tokenConfigKey}' '${this.tokenPlaceholderConfigValue}' && git config --local --show-origin --name-only --get-regexp remote.origin.url"`,
         this.settings.nestedSubmodules
       )
 
@@ -365,7 +366,8 @@ class GitAuthHelper {
 
     const pattern = regexpHelper.escape(configKey)
     await this.git.submoduleForeach(
-      `git config --local --name-only --get-regexp '${pattern}' && git config --local --unset-all '${configKey}' || :`,
+      // wrap the pipeline in quotes to make sure it's handled properly by submoduleForeach, rather than just the first part of the pipeline
+      `sh -c "git config --local --name-only --get-regexp '${pattern}' && git config --local --unset-all '${configKey}' || :"`,
       true
     )
   }