diff --git a/test/parallel/test-internal-util-decorate-error-stack.js b/test/parallel/test-internal-util-decorate-error-stack.js
index 3566d9375fb81c..f3034fbb05ae54 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-internal-util-decorate-error-stack.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-internal-util-decorate-error-stack.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ checkStack(err.stack);
 // Verify that the stack is only decorated once for uncaught exceptions.
 const args = [
   '-e',
-  `require('${badSyntaxPath}')`,
+  `require(${JSON.stringify(badSyntaxPath)})`,
 ];
 const result = spawnSync(process.argv[0], args, { encoding: 'utf8' });
 checkStack(result.stderr);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-require-context.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-require-context.js
index 750235818b8bfc..af09249c2de919 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-require-context.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-require-context.js
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ child.on('exit', common.mustCall(() => {
 
 child.stdin.write('const isObject = (obj) => obj.constructor === Object;\n');
 child.stdin.write('isObject({});\n');
-child.stdin.write(`require('${fixture}').isObject({});\n`);
+child.stdin.write(`require(${JSON.stringify(fixture)}).isObject({});\n`);
 child.stdin.write('.exit');
 child.stdin.end();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stdio-pipe-stderr.js b/test/parallel/test-stdio-pipe-stderr.js
index 9ec41b4159fdf6..1737424bb049fc 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stdio-pipe-stderr.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stdio-pipe-stderr.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fs.writeFileSync(fakeModulePath, '', 'utf8');
 
 stream.on('open', () => {
   spawnSync(process.execPath, {
-    input: `require("${fakeModulePath.replace(/\\/g, '/')}")`,
+    input: `require(${JSON.stringify(fakeModulePath)})`,
     stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', stream]
   });
   const stderr = fs.readFileSync(stderrOutputPath, 'utf8').trim();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-trace-events-worker-metadata-with-name.js b/test/parallel/test-trace-events-worker-metadata-with-name.js
index 6c3a44f9566d9c..bf6e1005aa458f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-trace-events-worker-metadata-with-name.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-trace-events-worker-metadata-with-name.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const { isMainThread } = require('worker_threads');
 
 if (isMainThread) {
   const CODE = 'const { Worker } = require(\'worker_threads\'); ' +
-               `new Worker('${__filename.replace(/\\/g, '/')}', { name: 'foo' })`;
+               `new Worker(${JSON.stringify(__filename)}, { name: 'foo' })`;
   const FILE_NAME = 'node_trace.1.log';
   const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
   tmpdir.refresh();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-trace-events-worker-metadata.js b/test/parallel/test-trace-events-worker-metadata.js
index 8b4d0be9c60713..6a8702ccadbc7b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-trace-events-worker-metadata.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-trace-events-worker-metadata.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const { isMainThread } = require('worker_threads');
 
 if (isMainThread) {
   const CODE = 'const { Worker } = require(\'worker_threads\'); ' +
-               `new Worker('${__filename.replace(/\\/g, '/')}')`;
+               `new Worker(${JSON.stringify(__filename)})`;
   const FILE_NAME = 'node_trace.1.log';
   const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
   tmpdir.refresh();