diff --git a/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/install_kata.sh b/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/install_kata.sh
index 1eeab501ab..7279fe8e84 100755
--- a/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/install_kata.sh
+++ b/ci/openshift-ci/cluster/install_kata.sh
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ wait_for_app_pods_message() {
 		pods=($(oc get pods -l app="$app" --no-headers=true $namespace | awk '{print $1}'))
 		[ "${#pods}" -ge "$pod_count" ] && break
 		if [ "$SECONDS" -gt "$timeout" ]; then
-			echo "Unable to find ${pod_count} pods for '-l app=\"$app\"' in ${SECONDS}s (${pods[@]})"
+			printf "Unable to find ${pod_count} pods for '-l app=\"$app\"' in ${SECONDS}s (%s)" "${pods[@]}"
 			return -1
 		fi
 	done
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ wait_for_app_pods_message() {
 			echo "$log" | grep "$message" -q && echo "Found $(echo "$log" | grep "$message") in $pod's log ($SECONDS)" && break;
 			if [ "$SECONDS" -gt "$timeout" ]; then
 				echo -n "Message '$message' not present in '${pod}' pod of the '-l app=\"$app\"' "
-				echo "pods after ${SECONDS}s (${pods[@]})"
+				printf "pods after ${SECONDS}s :(%s)\n" "${pods[@]}"
 				echo "Pod $pod's output so far:"
 				echo "$log"
 				return -1
diff --git a/tests/common.bash b/tests/common.bash
index 5f7443dc54..1a7597ea82 100644
--- a/tests/common.bash
+++ b/tests/common.bash
@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ function kubectl_retry() {
 	local interval=15
 	local i=0
 	while true; do
-		kubectl $@ && return 0 || true
+		kubectl "$@" && return 0 || true
 		i=$((i + 1))
-		[ $i -lt $max_tries ] && echo "'kubectl $@' failed, retrying in $interval seconds" 1>&2 || break
+		[ $i -lt $max_tries ] && echo "'kubectl $*' failed, retrying in $interval seconds" 1>&2 || break
 		sleep $interval
 	done
-	echo "'kubectl $@' failed after $max_tries tries" 1>&2 && return 1
+	echo "'kubectl $*' failed after $max_tries tries" 1>&2 && return 1
 }
 
 function waitForProcess() {
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ function clone_cri_containerd() {
 # version: the version of the tarball that will be downloaded
 # tarball-name: the name of the tarball that will be downloaded
 function download_github_project_tarball() {
-	project="${1}" 
+	project="${1}"
 	version="${2}"
 	tarball_name="${3}"
 
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ OOMScoreAdjust=-999
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
 EOF
-	fi 
+	fi
 }
 
 # base_version: The version to be intalled in the ${major}.${minor} format
diff --git a/tests/functional/tracing/tracing-test.sh b/tests/functional/tracing/tracing-test.sh
index 4952539acb..b0e621ecce 100755
--- a/tests/functional/tracing/tracing-test.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/tracing/tracing-test.sh
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ check_spans()
 
 	# Check for existence of spans in output so we do not do the more
 	# time consuming test of checking span ordering if it will fail
-	info "Checking spans: ${span_ordering_data[@]}"
+	info "Checking spans:" "${span_ordering_data[@]}"
 	local missing_spans=()
 	for span_ordering in "${span_ordering_data[@]}"; do
 		local test_spans=(`echo $span_ordering | tr ':' ' '`)
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ check_spans()
 		done
 	done
 	if [ "${#missing_spans[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
-	       die "Fail: Missing spans: ${missing_spans[@]}"
+	       die "Fail: Missing spans:" "${missing_spans[@]}"
 	fi
 
 	# Check relative ordering of spans. We are not checking full trace, just
@@ -360,10 +360,10 @@ check_spans()
 
 			local last_initial_span_index=${#initial_span_ids[@]}-1
 			if [ $matches -eq ${#span_ids[@]} ]; then
-				info "Pass: spans \"${test_spans[@]}\" found in jaeger output"
+				info "Pass: spans \"" "${test_spans[@]}" "\" found in jaeger output"
 				break
 			elif [ $matches -lt ${#span_ids[@]} ] && [ "$initial" = "${initial_span_ids[$last_initial_span_index]}" ]; then
-				die "Fail: spans \"${test_spans[@]}\" NOT in jaeger output"
+				die "Fail: spans \"" "${test_spans[@]}" "\" NOT in jaeger output"
 			fi
 			# else repeat test for next initial span ID
 		done
diff --git a/tests/metrics/density/memory_usage.sh b/tests/metrics/density/memory_usage.sh
index e42ac7e527..97f39af395 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/density/memory_usage.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/density/memory_usage.sh
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ function main(){
 	# Verify enough arguments
 	if [ $# != 2 ] && [ $# != 3 ];then
 		help
-		die "Not enough arguments [$@]"
+		die "Not enough arguments [$*]"
 	fi
 
 	if [ "${CTR_RUNTIME}" != "io.containerd.runc.v2" ] && [ "${CTR_RUNTIME}" != "io.containerd.kata.v2" ]; then
diff --git a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/pytorch.sh b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/pytorch.sh
index c07cdf3abc..a15bde4498 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/pytorch.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/pytorch.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ EOF
 function main() {
 	# Verify enough arguments
 	if [ $# != 2 ]; then
-		echo >&2 "error: Not enough arguments [$@]"
+		echo >&2 "error: Not enough arguments [$*]"
 		help
 		exit 1
 	fi
diff --git a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_mobilenet_v1_bfloat16_fp32.sh b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_mobilenet_v1_bfloat16_fp32.sh
index 63a37154f1..6bc9cf9f6c 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_mobilenet_v1_bfloat16_fp32.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_mobilenet_v1_bfloat16_fp32.sh
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ EOF
 function main() {
 	# Verify enough arguments
 	if [ $# != 2 ]; then
-		echo >&2 "error: Not enough arguments [$@]"
+		echo >&2 "error: Not enough arguments [$*]"
 		help
 		exit 1
 	fi
diff --git a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_nhwc.sh b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_nhwc.sh
index 328c055d47..17122d4916 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_nhwc.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_nhwc.sh
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ EOF
 function main() {
 	# Verify enough arguments
 	if [ "$#" -lt 2 ]; then
-		echo >&2 "error: Not enough arguments [$@]"
+		echo >&2 "error: Not enough arguments [$*]"
 		help
 		exit 1
 	fi
diff --git a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_resnet50_fp32.sh b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_resnet50_fp32.sh
index e6eafc3920..f42d516829 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_resnet50_fp32.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_resnet50_fp32.sh
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ EOF
 function main() {
 	# Verify enough arguments
 	if [ $# != 2 ]; then
-		echo >&2 "error: Not enough arguments [$@]"
+		echo >&2 "error: Not enough arguments [$*]"
 		help
 		exit 1
 	fi
diff --git a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_resnet50_int8.sh b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_resnet50_int8.sh
index 2549333930..79e5fce412 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_resnet50_int8.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/machine_learning/tensorflow_resnet50_int8.sh
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ EOF
 function main() {
 	# Verify enough arguments
 	if [ $# != 2 ]; then
-		echo >&2 "error: Not enough arguments [$@]"
+		echo >&2 "error: Not enough arguments [$*]"
 		help
 		exit 1
 	fi
diff --git a/tests/metrics/storage/webtooling.sh b/tests/metrics/storage/webtooling.sh
index f828496185..b692e78d41 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/storage/webtooling.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/storage/webtooling.sh
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ EOF
 function main() {
 	# Verify enough arguments
 	if [ $# != 1 ]; then
-		echo >&2 "error: Not enough arguments [$@]"
+		echo >&2 "error: Not enough arguments [$*]"
 		help
 		exit 1
 	fi
diff --git a/tests/stability/scability_test.sh b/tests/stability/scability_test.sh
index 69408f5347..dee1d1bbf0 100755
--- a/tests/stability/scability_test.sh
+++ b/tests/stability/scability_test.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ EOF
 function main() {
 	# Verify enough arguments
 	if [ $# != 2 ]; then
-		echo >&2 "error: Not enough arguments [$@]"
+		echo >&2 "error: Not enough arguments [$*]"
 		help
 		exit 1
 	fi
diff --git a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/rootfs.sh b/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/rootfs.sh
index 7deca9eda7..02e95f73d4 100755
--- a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/rootfs.sh
+++ b/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/rootfs.sh
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ get_test_config() {
 	local config="${script_dir}/${distro}/config.sh"
 	source ${config}
 
-	echo -e "INIT_PROCESS:\t\t$INIT_PROCESS"
-	echo -e "ARCH_EXCLUDE_LIST:\t\t${ARCH_EXCLUDE_LIST[@]}"
+	printf "INIT_PROCESS:\t\t%s\n" "${INIT_PROCESS:-}"
+	printf "ARCH_EXCLUDE_LIST:\t\t%s\n" "${ARCH_EXCLUDE_LIST[@]:-}"
 }
 
 check_function_exist()