diff --git a/cmd/kubectl-testkube/commands/tests/common.go b/cmd/kubectl-testkube/commands/tests/common.go
index ed136379aa8..4c56482f4d8 100644
--- a/cmd/kubectl-testkube/commands/tests/common.go
+++ b/cmd/kubectl-testkube/commands/tests/common.go
@@ -530,7 +530,12 @@ func newExecutionRequestFromFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) (request *testkube.Executi
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	executorArgs, err := cmd.Flags().GetStringArray("executor-args")
+	binaryArgs, err := cmd.Flags().GetStringArray("executor-args")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	executorArgs, err := testkube.PrepareExecutorArgs(binaryArgs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -1044,7 +1049,12 @@ func newExecutionUpdateRequestFromFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) (request *testkube.E
 	}
 
 	if cmd.Flag("executor-args").Changed {
-		executorArgs, err := cmd.Flags().GetStringArray("executor-args")
+		binaryArgs, err := cmd.Flags().GetStringArray("executor-args")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		executorArgs, err := testkube.PrepareExecutorArgs(binaryArgs)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/kubectl-testkube/commands/tests/run.go b/cmd/kubectl-testkube/commands/tests/run.go
index 3409b5aa57a..cb8869a5528 100644
--- a/cmd/kubectl-testkube/commands/tests/run.go
+++ b/cmd/kubectl-testkube/commands/tests/run.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func NewRunTestCmd() *cobra.Command {
 		image                              string
 		iterations                         int
 		watchEnabled                       bool
-		executorArgs                       []string
+		binaryArgs                         []string
 		variables                          []string
 		secretVariables                    []string
 		variablesFile                      string
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ func NewRunTestCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			variables, err := common.CreateVariables(cmd, !info.SecretConfig().AutoCreate)
 			ui.WarnOnErrorAndOutputPretty("getting variables", outputPretty, err)
 
+			executorArgs, err := testkube.PrepareExecutorArgs(binaryArgs)
+			ui.ExitOnError("getting args", err)
+
 			envConfigMaps, envSecrets, err := newEnvReferencesFromFlags(cmd)
 			ui.WarnOnErrorAndOutputPretty("getting env config maps and secrets", outputPretty, err)
 
@@ -412,7 +415,7 @@ func NewRunTestCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&variables, "variable", "v", []string{}, "execution variable passed to executor")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&secretVariables, "secret-variable", "s", []string{}, "execution secret variable passed to executor")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&command, "command", []string{}, "command passed to image in executor")
-	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&executorArgs, "args", "", []string{}, "executor binary additional arguments")
+	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&binaryArgs, "args", "", []string{}, "executor binary additional arguments")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&argsMode, "args-mode", "", "append", "usage mode for argumnets. one of append|override|replace")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&watchEnabled, "watch", "f", false, "watch for changes after start")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&downloadDir, "download-dir", "artifacts", "download dir")