diff --git a/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts b/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
index 493b705589fe52..493bab11439e3b 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ export default async function* fileServerExecutor(
         const [cmd, ...args] = getBuildTargetCommand(options);
         execFileSync(cmd, args, {
           stdio: [0, 1, 2],
+          shell: true,
         });
       } catch {}
       running = false;
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ export default async function* fileServerExecutor(
 
   const serve = execFile('npx', ['http-server', outputPath, ...args], {
     cwd: context.root,
+    shell: true,
     env: {
       FORCE_COLOR: 'true',
       ...process.env,
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/cache.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/cache.ts
index 7bdbed8a511c8c..c41a3bd7fe841e 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/cache.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/cache.ts
@@ -190,14 +190,19 @@ export class Cache {
     }
 
     return new Promise((res, rej) => {
-      execFile('cp', ['-a', src, dirname(directory)], (error) => {
-        if (!error) {
-          res();
-        } else {
-          this.useFsExtraToCopyAndRemove = true;
-          copy(src, directory).then(res, rej);
+      execFile(
+        'cp',
+        ['-a', src, dirname(directory)],
+        { shell: true },
+        (error) => {
+          if (!error) {
+            res();
+          } else {
+            this.useFsExtraToCopyAndRemove = true;
+            copy(src, directory).then(res, rej);
+          }
         }
-      });
+      );
     });
   }
 
@@ -207,7 +212,7 @@ export class Cache {
     }
 
     return new Promise<void>((res, rej) => {
-      execFile('rm', ['-rf', folder], (error) => {
+      execFile('rm', ['-rf', folder], { shell: true }, (error) => {
         if (!error) {
           res();
         } else {