diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/npmProvider.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/npmProvider.test.ts
index 1733b41601..95e61b7015 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/npmProvider.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/npmProvider.test.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ describe('npmProvider', () => {
 
     expect(result.exclusive).toBe(true);
     expect(result.suggestions).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(result.suggestions[0].label).toBe('build');
     expect(result.suggestions[0].value).toBe('build');
+    expect(result.suggestions[1].label).toBe('build:dev');
     expect(result.suggestions[1].value).toBe('build:dev');
     expect(fs.readFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.stringContaining('package.json'),
@@ -52,6 +54,32 @@ describe('npmProvider', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('escapes script names with shell metacharacters', async () => {
+    const mockPackageJson = {
+      scripts: {
+        'build(prod)': 'tsc',
+        'test:watch': 'vitest',
+      },
+    };
+    vi.mocked(fs.readFile).mockResolvedValue(JSON.stringify(mockPackageJson));
+
+    const result = await npmProvider.getCompletions(
+      ['npm', 'run', 'bu'],
+      2,
+      '/tmp',
+    );
+
+    expect(result.exclusive).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.suggestions).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result.suggestions[0].label).toBe('build(prod)');
+
+    // Windows does not escape spaces/parens in cmds by default in our function, but Unix does.
+    const isWin = process.platform === 'win32';
+    expect(result.suggestions[0].value).toBe(
+      isWin ? 'build(prod)' : 'build\\(prod\\)',
+    );
+  });
+
   it('handles missing package.json gracefully', async () => {
     vi.mocked(fs.readFile).mockRejectedValue(new Error('ENOENT'));
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/npmProvider.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/npmProvider.ts
index a1a0a0a4b2..32b88ca5ca 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/npmProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shell-completions/npmProvider.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import * as fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 import type { ShellCompletionProvider, CompletionResult } from './types.js';
+import { escapeShellPath } from '../useShellCompletion.js';
 
 const NPM_SUBCOMMANDS = [
   'build',
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ export const npmProvider: ShellCompletionProvider = {
             .filter((s) => s.startsWith(partial))
             .map((s) => ({
               label: s,
-              value: s,
+              value: escapeShellPath(s),
               description: 'npm script',
             })),
           exclusive: true,