diff --git a/core/cli/upgrade.el b/core/cli/upgrade.el
index ab1ac4d3e..7a58402ca 100644
--- a/core/cli/upgrade.el
+++ b/core/cli/upgrade.el
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ following shell commands:
       ;; Reload Doom's CLI & libraries, in case there were any upstream changes.
       ;; Major changes will still break, however
       (print! (info "Reloading Doom Emacs"))
-      (doom-cli-execute-after "doom" '("upgrade" "-p" (if force-p "-f"))))
+      (doom-cli-execute-after "doom" "upgrade" "-p" (if force-p "-f")))
 
      ((print! "Nothing to do. Doom is up-to-date!")))))