diff --git a/rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/common/selenium_manager.rb b/rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/common/selenium_manager.rb
index 967a18c93d35d..d2d217aebb6f4 100644
--- a/rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/common/selenium_manager.rb
+++ b/rb/lib/selenium/webdriver/common/selenium_manager.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def generate_command(binary, options)
           end
           if options.respond_to?(:binary) && !options.binary.nil?
             command << '--browser-path'
-            command << options.binary.gsub('\\', '\\\\\\')
+            command << options.binary.squeeze('\\').gsub('\\', '\\\\\\')
           end
           if options.proxy
             command << '--proxy'