diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/gitProvider.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/gitProvider.test.ts
index f1e9d22efa..f0d7cb4573 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/gitProvider.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/gitProvider.test.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
 import { gitProvider } from './gitProvider.js';
 import * as childProcess from 'node:child_process';
 
-vi.mock('node:child_process', () => ({
-  execFile: vi.fn(),
-}));
+vi.mock('node:child_process', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import('node:child_process')>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    execFile: vi.fn(),
+  };
+});
 
 describe('gitProvider', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -34,9 +38,11 @@ describe('gitProvider', () => {
       (_cmd, _args, _opts, cb: unknown) => {
         const callback = (typeof _opts === 'function' ? _opts : cb) as (
           error: Error | null,
-          stdout: string,
+          result: { stdout: string },
         ) => void;
-        callback(null, 'main\nfeature-branch\nfix/bug\n');
+        callback(null, {
+          stdout: 'main\nfeature-branch\nfix/bug\nbranch(with)special\n',
+        });
         return {} as ReturnType<typeof childProcess.execFile>;
       },
     );
@@ -49,6 +55,7 @@ describe('gitProvider', () => {
 
     expect(result.exclusive).toBe(true);
     expect(result.suggestions).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result.suggestions[0].label).toBe('feature-branch');
     expect(result.suggestions[0].value).toBe('feature-branch');
     expect(childProcess.execFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       'git',
@@ -58,6 +65,37 @@ describe('gitProvider', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('escapes branch names with shell metacharacters', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(childProcess.execFile).mockImplementation(
+      (_cmd, _args, _opts, cb: unknown) => {
+        const callback = (typeof _opts === 'function' ? _opts : cb) as (
+          error: Error | null,
+          result: { stdout: string },
+        ) => void;
+        callback(null, { stdout: 'main\nbranch(with)special\n' });
+        return {} as ReturnType<typeof childProcess.execFile>;
+      },
+    );
+
+    const result = await gitProvider.getCompletions(
+      ['git', 'checkout', 'branch('],
+      2,
+      '/tmp',
+    );
+
+    expect(result.exclusive).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.suggestions).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result.suggestions[0].label).toBe('branch(with)special');
+
+    // On Windows, space escape is not done. But since UNIX_SHELL_SPECIAL_CHARS is mostly tested,
+    // we can use a matcher that checks if escaping was applied (it differs per platform but that's handled by escapeShellPath).
+    // Let's match the value against either unescaped (win) or escaped (unix).
+    const isWin = process.platform === 'win32';
+    expect(result.suggestions[0].value).toBe(
+      isWin ? 'branch(with)special' : 'branch\\(with\\)special',
+    );
+  });
+
   it('returns empty results if git branch fails', async () => {
     vi.mocked(childProcess.execFile).mockImplementation(
       (_cmd, _args, _opts, cb: unknown) => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/gitProvider.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/gitProvider.ts
index 61864ed53d..7115718487 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/gitProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/gitProvider.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import { execFile } from 'node:child_process';
 import { promisify } from 'node:util';
 import type { ShellCompletionProvider, CompletionResult } from './types.js';
+import { escapeShellPath } from '../useShellCompletion.js';
 
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ export const gitProvider: ShellCompletionProvider = {
               .filter((b) => b.startsWith(partial))
               .map((b) => ({
                 label: b,
-                value: b,
+                value: escapeShellPath(b),
                 description: 'branch',
               })),
             exclusive: true,