diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1443e49656..d518fbe3fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 - **bucket:** Don't check remote URL of non-git buckets ([#4923](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/4923))
 - **bucket:** Don't write message OK before bucket is cloned ([#4925](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/4925))
 - **shim:** Remove character replacement in .cmd -> .ps1 shims ([#4914](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/4914))
+- **scoop:** Pass CLI arguments as string objects ([#4931](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/4931))
 - **scoop-info:** Fix error message when manifest is not found ([#4935](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/4935))
 
 ### Documentation
diff --git a/bin/scoop.ps1 b/bin/scoop.ps1
index b4b8e1c77f..3eabb4327b 100644
--- a/bin/scoop.ps1
+++ b/bin/scoop.ps1
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #Requires -Version 5
-param($SubCommand)
-
 Set-StrictMode -Off
 
 . "$PSScriptRoot\..\lib\core.ps1"
@@ -8,21 +6,19 @@ Set-StrictMode -Off
 . "$PSScriptRoot\..\lib\commands.ps1"
 . "$PSScriptRoot\..\lib\help.ps1"
 
+$subCommand = $Args[0]
+
 # for aliases where there's a local function, re-alias so the function takes precedence
 $aliases = Get-Alias | Where-Object { $_.Options -notmatch 'ReadOnly|AllScope' } | ForEach-Object { $_.Name }
 Get-ChildItem Function: | Where-Object -Property Name -In -Value $aliases | ForEach-Object {
     Set-Alias -Name $_.Name -Value Local:$($_.Name) -Scope Script
 }
 
-switch ($SubCommand) {
-    ({ $SubCommand -in @($null, '--help', '/?') }) {
-        if (!$SubCommand -and $Args -eq '-v') {
-            $SubCommand = '--version'
-        } else {
-            exec 'help'
-        }
+switch ($subCommand) {
+    ({ $subCommand -in @($null, '-h', '--help', '/?') }) {
+        exec 'help'
     }
-    ({ $SubCommand -eq '--version' }) {
+    ({ $subCommand -in @('-v', '--version') }) {
         Write-Host 'Current Scoop version:'
         if ((Test-CommandAvailable git) -and (Test-Path "$PSScriptRoot\..\.git") -and (get_config SCOOP_BRANCH 'master') -ne 'master') {
             Invoke-Expression "git -C '$PSScriptRoot\..' --no-pager log --oneline HEAD -n 1"
@@ -35,22 +31,23 @@ switch ($SubCommand) {
 
         Get-LocalBucket | ForEach-Object {
             $bucketLoc = Find-BucketDirectory $_ -Root
-            if ((Test-Path (Join-Path $bucketLoc '.git')) -and (Test-CommandAvailable git)) {
+            if ((Test-Path "$bucketLoc\.git") -and (Test-CommandAvailable git)) {
                 Write-Host "'$_' bucket:"
                 Invoke-Expression "git -C '$bucketLoc' --no-pager log --oneline HEAD -n 1"
                 Write-Host ''
             }
         }
     }
-    ({ $SubCommand -in (commands) }) {
-        if ($Args -in @('-h', '--help', '/?')) {
-            exec 'help' @($SubCommand)
+    ({ $subCommand -in (commands) }) {
+        [string[]]$arguments = $Args | Select-Object -Skip 1
+        if ($null -ne $arguments -and $arguments[0] -in @('-h', '--help', '/?')) {
+            exec 'help' @($subCommand)
         } else {
-            exec $SubCommand $Args
+            exec $subCommand $arguments
         }
     }
     default {
-        "scoop: '$SubCommand' isn't a scoop command. See 'scoop help'."
+        "scoop: '$subCommand' isn't a scoop command. See 'scoop help'."
         exit 1
     }
 }