diff --git a/R/notifications.R b/R/notifications.R
index 1f9c9e9..e7b56a9 100644
--- a/R/notifications.R
+++ b/R/notifications.R
@@ -84,20 +84,18 @@ beep <- function(msg = "done",
 .send_desktop_notify <- function(msg, status) {
   # Linux: notify-send
   if (.has_command("notify-send")) {
-    cmd <- paste0("notify-send '", status, "' '", gsub("'", "'\\''", msg), "'")
-    system(cmd, ignore.stdout = TRUE, ignore.stderr = TRUE)
+    system2("notify-send", args = c(status, msg),
+            stdout = TRUE, stderr = TRUE)
     return(invisible(NULL))
   }
 
   # macOS: osascript
   if (.has_command("osascript")) {
-    escaped_msg <- gsub('"', '\\"', msg)
-    escaped_status <- gsub('"', '\\"', status)
-    cmd <- paste0(
-      "osascript -e 'display notification \"", escaped_msg,
-      "\" with title \"", escaped_status, "\"'"
-    )
-    system(cmd, ignore.stdout = TRUE, ignore.stderr = TRUE)
+    system2("osascript",
+            args = c("-e",
+                     paste0("display notification \"", msg,
+                            "\" with title \"", status, "\"")),
+            stdout = TRUE, stderr = TRUE)
     return(invisible(NULL))
   }
 
@@ -120,21 +118,25 @@ beep <- function(msg = "done",
     timestamp = format(Sys.time(), "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z")
   ), auto_unbox = TRUE)
 
-  # Use curl via system() for maximum compatibility (no extra R deps)
+  # Use curl via system2() for maximum compatibility (no extra R deps).
+  # system2() passes arguments directly to the executable without shell
+  # interpolation, avoiding command injection.
   if (.has_command("curl")) {
-    cmd <- paste0(
-      "curl -s -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' ",
-      "-d '", payload, "' '", url, "' ",
-      "--max-time ", timeout
-    )
-    system(cmd, ignore.stdout = TRUE, ignore.stderr = TRUE)
+    system2("curl",
+            args = c("-s", "-X", "POST",
+                     "-H", "Content-Type: application/json",
+                     "-d", payload,
+                     url,
+                     "--max-time", as.character(timeout)),
+            stdout = TRUE, stderr = TRUE)
   } else if (.has_command("wget")) {
-    cmd <- paste0(
-      "wget -q -O /dev/null --post-data='", payload,
-      "' --header='Content-Type: application/json' ",
-      "--timeout=", timeout, " '", url, "'"
-    )
-    system(cmd, ignore.stdout = TRUE, ignore.stderr = TRUE)
+    system2("wget",
+            args = c("-q", "-O", "/dev/null",
+                     paste0("--post-data=", payload),
+                     paste0("--header=Content-Type: application/json"),
+                     paste0("--timeout=", timeout),
+                     url),
+            stdout = TRUE, stderr = TRUE)
   }
 
   invisible(NULL)