diff --git a/sdks/hermes-engine/hermes-engine.podspec b/sdks/hermes-engine/hermes-engine.podspec
index 60bed4f5fd0..0546d2ba859 100644
--- a/sdks/hermes-engine/hermes-engine.podspec
+++ b/sdks/hermes-engine/hermes-engine.podspec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ elsif currentremote.end_with?("facebook/react-native.git") and currentbranch.end
   source[:git] = git
   source[:commit] = `git ls-remote https://github.com/facebook/hermes main | cut -f 1`.strip
 else
-  source[:http] = `https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases/download/v#{version}/hermes-runtime-darwin-v#{version}.tar.gz`
+  source[:http] = "https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases/download/v#{version}/hermes-runtime-darwin-v#{version}.tar.gz"
 end
 
 module HermesHelper