diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator_test.rb
index e98f646b3..29c775463 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/communicators/winrm/communicator_test.rb
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::CommunicatorWinRM::Communicator do
       expect(shell).to receive(:upload).with(kind_of(String), "c:/tmp/vagrant-elevated-shell.ps1")
       expect(shell).to receive(:powershell) do |cmd|
         expect(cmd).to eq("powershell -executionpolicy bypass -file \"c:/tmp/vagrant-elevated-shell.ps1\" " +
-          "-username \"vagrant\" -password \"password\" -encoded_command \"ZABpAHIAOwAgAGUAeABpAHQAIAAkAEwAQQBTAFQARQBYAEkAVABDAE8ARABFAA==\"")
+          "-username \'vagrant\' -password \'password\' -encoded_command \"ZABpAHIAOwAgAGUAeABpAHQAIAAkAEwAQQBTAFQARQBYAEkAVABDAE8ARABFAA==\"")
       end.and_return({ exitcode: 0 })
       expect(subject.execute("dir", { elevated: true })).to eq(0)
     end