diff --git a/bootstrap/helpers/sudo.php b/bootstrap/helpers/sudo.php
index a53889ffdf..ec79300e30 100644
--- a/bootstrap/helpers/sudo.php
+++ b/bootstrap/helpers/sudo.php
@@ -39,6 +39,41 @@ function isSingleSudoShellScript(string $line): bool
     return preg_match("/^\\s*sudo (?:ba)?sh -c '(?:[^']|'\\\\'')*'\\s*$/", $line) === 1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Puts sudo after each ` | ` that the shell sees as a pipe. Pipes inside single or double quotes
+ * (a Go template, an `sh -c "..."` script) are text and stay unchanged; a stage that already
+ * starts with sudo is not given a second one.
+ */
+function addSudoAfterUnquotedPipes(string $line): string
+{
+    $result = '';
+    $quote = null;
+    $length = strlen($line);
+
+    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
+        $char = $line[$i];
+
+        if ($quote === null && substr($line, $i, 3) === ' | ') {
+            $result .= str_starts_with(substr($line, $i + 3), 'sudo ') ? ' | ' : ' | sudo ';
+            $i += 2;
+
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        $result .= $char;
+
+        if ($char === '\\' && $quote !== "'" && $i + 1 < $length) {
+            $result .= $line[++$i];
+        } elseif ($quote === null && ($char === "'" || $char === '"')) {
+            $quote = $char;
+        } elseif ($char === $quote) {
+            $quote = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return $result;
+}
+
 function parseCommandsByLineForSudo(Collection $commands, Server $server): array
 {
     $commands = $commands->map(function ($line) {
@@ -148,8 +183,8 @@ function parseCommandsByLineForSudo(Collection $commands, Server $server): array
             $line = $line->replace('&&', '&& sudo');
         }
         // Don't insert sudo into pipes for complex commands
-        if (! $isComplexPipeCommand && str($line)->contains(' | ')) {
-            $line = $line->replace(' | ', ' | sudo ');
+        if (! $isComplexPipeCommand) {
+            $line = str(addSudoAfterUnquotedPipes($line->value()));
         }
 
         return $line->value();
@@ -182,7 +217,7 @@ function parseLineForSudo(string $command, Server $server): string
         $command = str($command)->replace('&&', '&& sudo ')->value();
     }
     // Each pipe stage is a separate process; without sudo, `| tee file` writes as the SSH user.
-    $command = preg_replace('/ \| (?!sudo )/', ' | sudo ', $command);
+    $command = addSudoAfterUnquotedPipes($command);
 
     return $command;
 }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/ParseCommandsByLineForSudoTest.php b/tests/Unit/ParseCommandsByLineForSudoTest.php
index ec13295438..f9309ac5b9 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/ParseCommandsByLineForSudoTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/ParseCommandsByLineForSudoTest.php
@@ -798,3 +798,32 @@ test('parseLineForSudo adds sudo to each pipe stage without doubling it', functi
         ->and(parseLineForSudo('docker ps | sudo grep app', $this->server))
         ->toBe('sudo docker ps | sudo grep app');
 });
+
+test('parseLineForSudo keeps pipes inside quoted strings unchanged', function (string $line, string $expected) {
+    expect(parseLineForSudo($line, $this->server))->toBe($expected);
+})->with([
+    'single-quoted go template' => [
+        "docker inspect --format '{{a | b}}' coolify-proxy | grep x",
+        "sudo docker inspect --format '{{a | b}}' coolify-proxy | sudo grep x",
+    ],
+    'double-quoted sh -c script' => [
+        'sh -c "x | y"',
+        'sudo sh -c "x | y"',
+    ],
+    'escaped double quote inside double quotes' => [
+        'echo "a \" | b" | tee /tmp/coolify/file',
+        'sudo echo "a \" | b" | sudo tee /tmp/coolify/file',
+    ],
+    'single quote inside double quotes' => [
+        "echo \"it's | here\" | tee /tmp/coolify/file",
+        "sudo echo \"it's | here\" | sudo tee /tmp/coolify/file",
+    ],
+]);
+
+test('parseCommandsByLineForSudo keeps pipes inside quoted strings unchanged', function () {
+    $result = parseCommandsByLineForSudo(collect([
+        "docker ps --format '{{.Names}} | {{.Image}}' | grep app",
+    ]), $this->server);
+
+    expect($result[0])->toBe("sudo docker ps --format '{{.Names}} | {{.Image}}' | sudo grep app");
+});