diff --git a/docs/examples.md b/docs/examples.md
index 9985cfa578..78b9458386 100644
--- a/docs/examples.md
+++ b/docs/examples.md
@@ -154,5 +154,5 @@ One use of the upgrade-shared command is to force a `pip` upgrade.
 Another use of the upgrade-shared command is to pin (temporarily) `pip` to a specific version.
 
 ```shell
-> pipx upgrade-shared --pip-args='pip==24.0'
+> pipx upgrade-shared --pip-args=pip==24.0
 ```
diff --git a/tests/test_upgrade_shared.py b/tests/test_upgrade_shared.py
index 73f1e96256..025839f2d9 100644
--- a/tests/test_upgrade_shared.py
+++ b/tests/test_upgrade_shared.py
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ def pip_version():
 
     assert shared_libs.has_been_updated_this_run is False
     assert shared_libs.is_valid is False
-    assert run_pipx_cli(["upgrade-shared", "-v", "--pip-args='pip==24.0'"]) == 0
+    assert run_pipx_cli(["upgrade-shared", "-v", "--pip-args=pip==24.0"]) == 0
     assert shared_libs.is_valid is True
     assert pip_version() == "24.0"
     shared_libs.has_been_updated_this_run = False  # reset for next run
-    assert run_pipx_cli(["upgrade-shared", "-v", "--pip-args='pip==23.3.2'"]) == 0
+    assert run_pipx_cli(["upgrade-shared", "-v", "--pip-args=pip==23.3.2"]) == 0
     assert shared_libs.is_valid is True
     assert pip_version() == "23.3.2"