diff --git a/tools/publish.sh b/tools/publish.sh
index 10f7dfe450..3ff41ff8e4 100755
--- a/tools/publish.sh
+++ b/tools/publish.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -exu
 
 VERSION=$(grep "^version" ./ethabi/Cargo.toml | sed -e 's/.*"\(.*\)"/\1/')
-ORDER=(ethabi derive contract cli)
+ORDER=("ethabi" "derive" "contract" "cli")
 
 echo "Publishing $VERSION"
 cargo clean
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ for crate in ${ORDER[@]}; do
 	echo "Publishing $crate@$VERSION"
 	sleep 5
 	cd $crate
-	cargo publish $@
+	cargo publish "$@"
 	cd -
 done