diff --git a/quarkus/dist/src/main/content/bin/kc.bat b/quarkus/dist/src/main/content/bin/kc.bat
index 7d46d2b1cc5b..82e984ced9c3 100644
--- a/quarkus/dist/src/main/content/bin/kc.bat
+++ b/quarkus/dist/src/main/content/bin/kc.bat
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ SetLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
 set "AUTO_BUILD_OPTION=auto-build"
 
 if not "!CONFIG_ARGS:%AUTO_BUILD_OPTION%=!"=="!CONFIG_ARGS!" (
-  %JAVA% -Dkc.config.rebuild-and-exit=true %JAVA_RUN_OPTS%
+  "%JAVA%" -Dkc.config.rebuild-and-exit=true %JAVA_RUN_OPTS%
 )
 
 "%JAVA%" %JAVA_RUN_OPTS%