diff --git a/src/CakeAdapter.php b/src/CakeAdapter.php
index 7e5eeafc..c5bcad7c 100644
--- a/src/CakeAdapter.php
+++ b/src/CakeAdapter.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public function __construct(AdapterInterface $adapter, ?Connection $connection =
         if ($connection->getDriver() instanceof Postgres) {
             $config = $connection->config();
             $schema = empty($config['schema']) ? 'public' : $config['schema'];
-            $pdo->exec('SET search_path TO ' . $schema);
+            $pdo->exec('SET search_path TO ' . $pdo->quote($schema));
         }
         $connection->getDriver()->setConnection($pdo);
     }