diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7c9ff90782..2d0f157aeb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## [8.8.2](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/compare/v8.8.1...v8.8.2) (2024-08-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* don't quote executable in windows ([823565e](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/commit/823565e95102343449bc687387d43a5f223390b1))
+* typings  path separator on windows ([#5812](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/issues/5812)) ([25c3d67](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/commit/25c3d67ff92980b45326a4cc5043561bba393598))
+
+
+
 ## [8.8.1](https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-cli/compare/v8.8.0...v8.8.1) (2024-08-19)
 
 
diff --git a/lib/base-package-manager.ts b/lib/base-package-manager.ts
index 86e40c8ea9..12b24df7d1 100644
--- a/lib/base-package-manager.ts
+++ b/lib/base-package-manager.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isInteractive, quoteString } from "./common/helpers";
+import { isInteractive } from "./common/helpers";
 import {
 	INodePackageManager,
 	INodePackageManagerInstallOptions,
@@ -108,19 +108,11 @@ export abstract class BasePackageManager implements INodePackageManager {
 	): Promise<INpmInstallResultInfo> {
 		const npmExecutable = this.getPackageManagerExecutableName();
 		const stdioValue = isInteractive() ? "inherit" : "pipe";
-		const sanitizedNpmExecutable = this.$hostInfo.isWindows
-			? quoteString(npmExecutable)
-			: npmExecutable;
-		await this.$childProcess.spawnFromEvent(
-			sanitizedNpmExecutable,
-			params,
-			"close",
-			{
-				cwd: opts.cwd,
-				stdio: stdioValue,
-				shell: this.$hostInfo.isWindows,
-			}
-		);
+		await this.$childProcess.spawnFromEvent(npmExecutable, params, "close", {
+			cwd: opts.cwd,
+			stdio: stdioValue,
+			shell: this.$hostInfo.isWindows,
+		});
 
 		// Whenever calling "npm install" or "yarn add" without any arguments (hence installing all dependencies) no output is emitted on stdout
 		// Luckily, whenever you call "npm install" or "yarn add" to install all dependencies chances are you won't need the name/version of the package you're installing because there is none.
diff --git a/lib/commands/typings.ts b/lib/commands/typings.ts
index 6856a28378..67f01cfc62 100644
--- a/lib/commands/typings.ts
+++ b/lib/commands/typings.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class TypingsCommand implements ICommand {
 		}
 
 		const items = res.map((item) => {
-			const [group, artifact, version, sha1, file] = item.split("/");
+			const [group, artifact, version, sha1, file] = item.split(path.sep);
 			return {
 				id: sha1 + version,
 				group,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 75f6cbcaa4..83623f43ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "nativescript",
   "main": "./lib/nativescript-cli-lib.js",
-  "version": "8.8.1",
+  "version": "8.8.2",
   "author": "NativeScript <support@nativescript.org>",
   "description": "Command-line interface for building NativeScript projects",
   "bin": {