diff --git a/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/plugin.ts b/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/plugin.ts
index 321a0ea4..5d0321d8 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/plugin.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
   SandboxCrTimeoutError,
 } from "./sandbox-cr-orchestrator.js";
 import { execInPod } from "./pod-exec.js";
+import { shellQuoteArg } from "./shell-utils.js";
 import {
   deriveCompanySlug,
   deriveNamespaceName,
@@ -113,10 +114,6 @@ export function extractAdapterEnvFromProcess(
   return out;
 }
 
-function shellQuoteArg(arg: string): string {
-  return "'" + arg.replace(/'/g, "'\\''") + "'";
-}
-
 export function buildSandboxExecCommand(
   params: Pick<PluginEnvironmentExecuteParams, "args" | "command">,
 ): string[] {
diff --git a/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/pod-exec.ts b/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/pod-exec.ts
index 79604352..092bd491 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/pod-exec.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/pod-exec.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import { Exec } from "@kubernetes/client-node";
 import { PassThrough } from "node:stream";
 import type { KubeConfig } from "@kubernetes/client-node";
+import { shellQuoteArg } from "./shell-utils.js";
 
 type WebSocketLike = {
   close(): void;
@@ -27,10 +28,6 @@ export interface ExecInPodResult {
   stderr: string;
 }
 
-function shQuoteArg(arg: string): string {
-  return "'" + arg.replace(/'/g, "'\\''") + "'";
-}
-
 export async function execInPod(
   kc: KubeConfig,
   namespace: string,
@@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ export async function execInPod(
     : null;
   const stdinStream: PassThrough | null = stdinPayload ? new PassThrough() : null;
   const effectiveCommand = stdinPayload
-    ? ["/bin/sh", "-c", `head -c ${stdinPayload.length} | ${command.map(shQuoteArg).join(" ")}`]
+    ? ["/bin/sh", "-c", `head -c ${stdinPayload.length} | ${command.map(shellQuoteArg).join(" ")}`]
     : command;
 
   let stdoutData = "";
diff --git a/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/shell-utils.ts b/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/shell-utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..202b3750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugins/sandbox-providers/kubernetes/src/shell-utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function shellQuoteArg(arg: string): string {
+  return "'" + arg.replace(/'/g, "'\\''") + "'";
+}