diff --git a/cmd/vela-slack/plugin.go b/cmd/vela-slack/plugin.go
index 03f0243..d923485 100644
--- a/cmd/vela-slack/plugin.go
+++ b/cmd/vela-slack/plugin.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (p *Plugin) Exec() error {
 	// clean up newlines that could invalidate JSON
 	// BuildMessage is the only field that can have newlines;
 	// typically when the commit contains a title and body message
-	p.Env.BuildMessage = strings.Replace(p.Env.BuildMessage, "\n", "\\n", -1)
+	p.Env.BuildMessage = cleanBuildMessage(p.Env.BuildMessage)
 
 	// create message struct file Slack
 	msg := slack.WebhookMessage{
@@ -187,6 +187,14 @@ func (p *Plugin) Exec() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func cleanBuildMessage(buildMessage string) string {
+	subject := buildMessage
+	subject = strings.ReplaceAll(subject, "\n", "\\n")
+	subject = strings.ReplaceAll(subject, "\"", "\\\"")
+
+	return subject
+}
+
 // Validate function to validate plugin configuration.
 func (p *Plugin) Validate() error {
 	logrus.Debug("validating plugin configuration")
diff --git a/cmd/vela-slack/plugin_test.go b/cmd/vela-slack/plugin_test.go
index 3bd588f..883890e 100644
--- a/cmd/vela-slack/plugin_test.go
+++ b/cmd/vela-slack/plugin_test.go
@@ -328,6 +328,29 @@ Newlines`,
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSlack_Plugin_Exec_Quote(t *testing.T) {
+	// setup types
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, "ok")
+	}))
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	p := &Plugin{
+		Webhook: ts.URL,
+		Env: &Env{
+			BuildMessage: `This message has "quotes"`,
+		},
+		Path:       "testdata/slack_attachment.json",
+		WebhookMsg: &slack.WebhookMessage{},
+		Remote:     false,
+	}
+
+	err := p.Exec()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Exec returned err: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSlack_Plugin_Exec_Newline_Embedded(t *testing.T) {
 	// setup types
 	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {