diff --git a/cmd/shellExecute.go b/cmd/shellExecute.go
index e05b37996..0cc51175d 100644
--- a/cmd/shellExecute.go
+++ b/cmd/shellExecute.go
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ type shellExecuteUtilsBundle struct {
 	*piperhttp.Client
 }
 
+const (
+	argumentDelimter = ","
+)
+
 func newShellExecuteUtils() shellExecuteUtils {
 	utils := shellExecuteUtilsBundle{
 		Command: &command.Command{},
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ func runShellExecute(config *shellExecuteOptions, telemetryData *telemetry.Custo
 
 		args := []string{}
 		if len(config.ScriptArguments) > 0 && isArgumentAtPosition(config.ScriptArguments, position) {
-			args = strings.Split(config.ScriptArguments[position], " ")
+			args = strings.Split(config.ScriptArguments[position], argumentDelimter)
 		}
 
 		log.Entry().Info("starting running script:", source)
diff --git a/cmd/shellExecute_generated.go b/cmd/shellExecute_generated.go
index 0702e551d..fe1a40734 100644
--- a/cmd/shellExecute_generated.go
+++ b/cmd/shellExecute_generated.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func ShellExecuteCommand() *cobra.Command {
 func addShellExecuteFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, stepConfig *shellExecuteOptions) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&stepConfig.Sources, "sources", []string{}, "Scripts paths that must be present in the current workspace or https links to scripts. Only https urls from github are allowed and must be in the format :https://{githubBaseurl}/api/v3/repos/{owner}/{repository}/contents/{path to script} Authentication for the download is only supported via the 'githubToken' param. Make sure the script has the necessary execute permissions.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&stepConfig.GithubToken, "githubToken", os.Getenv("PIPER_githubToken"), "GitHub personal access token as per https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line")
-	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&stepConfig.ScriptArguments, "scriptArguments", []string{}, "scriptArguments that are needed to be passed to scripts. the scriptArguments list is a flat list and has a positional relationship to the `sources` param. For e.g. The scriptArguments string at position 1 will be considered as the argument(s) for script at position 1 in `sources` list")
+	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&stepConfig.ScriptArguments, "scriptArguments", []string{}, "scriptArguments that are needed to be passed to scripts. the scriptArguments list is a flat list and has a positional relationship to the `sources` param. For e.g. The scriptArguments string at position 1 will be considered as the argument(s) for script at position 1 in `sources` list. For multiple arguments for a script please add them as a comma seperated string.")
 
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/shellExecute_test.go b/cmd/shellExecute_test.go
index 52e64a2ac..3e9083b79 100644
--- a/cmd/shellExecute_test.go
+++ b/cmd/shellExecute_test.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func TestRunShellExecute(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("success case - multiple positional script arguments gets added to the correct script", func(t *testing.T) {
 		o := &shellExecuteOptions{
 			Sources:         []string{"path1/script1.sh", "path2/script2.sh"},
-			ScriptArguments: []string{"arg1 arg2", "arg3 arg4"},
+			ScriptArguments: []string{"arg1,arg2", "arg3,arg4"},
 		}
 
 		u := newShellExecuteTestsUtils()
@@ -136,4 +136,26 @@ func TestRunShellExecute(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, []string{"arg3", "arg4"}, u.ExecMockRunner.Calls[1].Params)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("success case - no argument for script 1, single argument for script 2 and multiple argument for script3 gets added to the correct script", func(t *testing.T) {
+		o := &shellExecuteOptions{
+			Sources:         []string{"path1/script1.sh", "path2/script2.sh", "path3/script3.sh"},
+			ScriptArguments: []string{"", "arg2.1", "arg3.1,arg3.2"},
+		}
+
+		u := newShellExecuteTestsUtils()
+		u.AddFile("path1/script1.sh", []byte(`echo dummy1`))
+		u.AddFile("path2/script2.sh", []byte(`echo dummy2`))
+		u.AddFile("path3/script3.sh", []byte(`echo dummy3`))
+
+		err := runShellExecute(o, nil, u)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, "path1/script1.sh", u.ExecMockRunner.Calls[0].Exec)
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{}, u.ExecMockRunner.Calls[0].Params)
+		assert.Equal(t, "path2/script2.sh", u.ExecMockRunner.Calls[1].Exec)
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"arg2.1"}, u.ExecMockRunner.Calls[1].Params)
+		assert.Equal(t, "path3/script3.sh", u.ExecMockRunner.Calls[2].Exec)
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"arg3.1", "arg3.2"}, u.ExecMockRunner.Calls[2].Params)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	})
 }
diff --git a/resources/metadata/shellExecute.yaml b/resources/metadata/shellExecute.yaml
index dafe67d51..badd0f77c 100644
--- a/resources/metadata/shellExecute.yaml
+++ b/resources/metadata/shellExecute.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ spec:
           - STAGES
           - STEPS
         description: scriptArguments that are needed to be passed to scripts. the scriptArguments list is a flat list and has a positional relationship to the `sources` param.
-          For e.g. The scriptArguments string at position 1 will be considered as the argument(s) for script at position 1 in `sources` list
+          For e.g. The scriptArguments string at position 1 will be considered as the argument(s) for script at position 1 in `sources` list. For multiple arguments for a script please add them as a comma seperated string.
         mandatory: false
   containers:
     - name: shell