diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d951050132..261bdd81a59 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 ### 6.2.0 (2022-10-20)
 
 #### Bugs
+* Fix #4535: The shell command string will now have single quotes sanitized
 * Fix #3733: The authentication command from the .kube/config won't be discarded if no arguments are specified
 * Fix #4312: fix timestamp can't be deserialized for IstioCondition
 * Fix #4369: Informers will retry with a backoff on list/watch failure as they did in 5.12 and prior.
diff --git a/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/core/v1/PodOperationsImpl.java b/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/core/v1/PodOperationsImpl.java
index dc0bcbe9106..923fabf5770 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/core/v1/PodOperationsImpl.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/core/v1/PodOperationsImpl.java
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ public BytesLimitTerminateTimeTailPrettyLoggable usingTimestamps() {
   }
 
   public static String shellQuote(String value) {
-    return "'" + value.replace("'", "'\\\\''") + "'";
+    return "'" + value.replace("'", "\'\"\'\"\'") + "'";
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/kubernetes-client/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/uploadable/PodUploadTest.java b/kubernetes-client/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/uploadable/PodUploadTest.java
index 68caa556676..b76c489c953 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/uploadable/PodUploadTest.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client/src/test/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/uploadable/PodUploadTest.java
@@ -179,6 +179,26 @@ void createExecCommandForUpload_withNormalFile_shouldCreateValidExecCommandForUp
     assertThat(result, equalTo("mkdir -p '/tmp/foo' && base64 -d - > '/tmp/foo/cp.log'"));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void createExecCommandForUpload_withSingleQuoteInPath()
+  {
+    // When
+    String result = PodUpload.createExecCommandForUpload("/tmp/fo'o/cp.log");
+
+    // Then
+    assertThat(result, equalTo("mkdir -p '/tmp/fo\'\"\'\"\'o' && base64 -d - > '/tmp/fo\'\"\'\"\'o/cp.log'"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void createExecCommandForUpload_withMultipleSingleQuotesInPath()
+  {
+    // When
+    String result = PodUpload.createExecCommandForUpload("/tmp/f'o'o/c'p.log");
+
+    // Then
+    assertThat(result, equalTo("mkdir -p '/tmp/f\'\"\'\"\'o\'\"\'\"\'o' && base64 -d - > '/tmp/f\'\"\'\"\'o\'\"\'\"\'o/c\'\"\'\"\'p.log'"));
+  }
+
   void uploadFileAndVerify(PodUploadTester<Boolean> fileUploadMethodToTest) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     this.operation = operation.file("/mock/dir/file");
     WebSocket.Builder builder = Mockito.mock(WebSocket.Builder.class, Mockito.RETURNS_SELF);