diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/download/download_test.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/download/download_test.go
index af43aa492..0762a29da 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/download/download_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/download/download_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/attestation/api"
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/httpmock"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/iostreams"
-	"github.com/google/shlex"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -153,13 +153,12 @@ func TestNewDownloadCmd(t *testing.T) {
 				return nil
 			})
 
-			argv, err := shlex.Split(tc.cli)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			argv := strings.Split(tc.cli, " ")
 			cmd.SetArgs(argv)
 			cmd.SetIn(&bytes.Buffer{})
 			cmd.SetOut(&bytes.Buffer{})
 			cmd.SetErr(&bytes.Buffer{})
-			_, err = cmd.ExecuteC()
+			_, err := cmd.ExecuteC()
 			if tc.wantsErr {
 				assert.Error(t, err)
 				return
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/tufrootverify/tufrootverify_test.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/tufrootverify/tufrootverify_test.go
index 1e0868c2e..004f25618 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/tufrootverify/tufrootverify_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/tufrootverify/tufrootverify_test.go
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ package tufrootverify
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/attestation/test"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmdutil"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/iostreams"
 
-	"github.com/google/shlex"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -47,13 +47,12 @@ func TestNewTUFRootVerifyCmd(t *testing.T) {
 				return nil
 			})
 
-			argv, err := shlex.Split(tc.cli)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			argv := strings.Split(tc.cli, " ")
 			cmd.SetArgs(argv)
 			cmd.SetIn(&bytes.Buffer{})
 			cmd.SetOut(&bytes.Buffer{})
 			cmd.SetErr(&bytes.Buffer{})
-			_, err = cmd.ExecuteC()
+			_, err := cmd.ExecuteC()
 			if tc.wantsErr {
 				assert.Error(t, err)
 				return
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify_test.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify_test.go
index bf506f2c8..c7eda6f19 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/cmd/attestation/api"
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/httpmock"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/pkg/iostreams"
-	"github.com/google/shlex"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 	"github.com/in-toto/in-toto-golang/in_toto"
@@ -197,13 +197,12 @@ func TestNewVerifyCmd(t *testing.T) {
 				return nil
 			})
 
-			argv, err := shlex.Split(tc.cli)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			argv := strings.Split(tc.cli, " ")
 			cmd.SetArgs(argv)
 			cmd.SetIn(&bytes.Buffer{})
 			cmd.SetOut(&bytes.Buffer{})
 			cmd.SetErr(&bytes.Buffer{})
-			_, err = cmd.ExecuteC()
+			_, err := cmd.ExecuteC()
 			if tc.wantsErr {
 				assert.Error(t, err)
 				return