diff --git a/config.sub b/config.sub
index dbf1e74..fdbb2b1 100755
--- a/config.sub
+++ b/config.sub
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Configuration validation subroutine script.
 #   Copyright 1992-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-timestamp='2021-06-03'
+timestamp='2021-07-03'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -1292,15 +1292,15 @@ then
 case $basic_os in
 	gnu/linux*)
 		kernel=linux
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|gnu/linux|gnu|'`
+		os=`echo "$basic_os" | sed -e 's|gnu/linux|gnu|'`
 		;;
 	os2-emx)
 		kernel=os2
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|os2-emx|emx|'`
+		os=`echo "$basic_os" | sed -e 's|os2-emx|emx|'`
 		;;
 	nto-qnx*)
 		kernel=nto
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto-qnx|qnx|'`
+		os=`echo "$basic_os" | sed -e 's|nto-qnx|qnx|'`
 		;;
 	*-*)
 		# shellcheck disable=SC2162
@@ -1311,11 +1311,11 @@ EOF
 	# Default OS when just kernel was specified
 	nto*)
 		kernel=nto
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto|qnx|'`
+		os=`echo "$basic_os" | sed -e 's|nto|qnx|'`
 		;;
 	linux*)
 		kernel=linux
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|linux|gnu|'`
+		os=`echo "$basic_os" | sed -e 's|linux|gnu|'`
 		;;
 	*)
 		kernel=
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=cnk
 		;;
 	solaris1 | solaris1.*)
-		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's|solaris1|sunos4|'`
+		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|solaris1|sunos4|'`
 		;;
 	solaris)
 		os=solaris2
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=sco3.2v4
 		;;
 	sco3.2.[4-9]*)
-		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's/sco3.2./sco3.2v/'`
+		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's/sco3.2./sco3.2v/'`
 		;;
 	sco*v* | scout)
 		# Don't match below
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ case $os in
 		;;
 	# Preserve the version number of sinix5.
 	sinix5.*)
-		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's|sinix|sysv|'`
+		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sinix|sysv|'`
 		;;
 	sinix*)
 		os=sysv4
diff --git a/doc/config.sub.1 b/doc/config.sub.1
index 727ce77..1eb5818 100644
--- a/doc/config.sub.1
+++ b/doc/config.sub.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.16.
-.TH CONFIG.SUB "1" "June 2021" "GNU config.sub (2021-06-03)" "User Commands"
+.TH CONFIG.SUB "1" "July 2021" "GNU config.sub (2021-07-03)" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 config.sub \- validate and canonicalize a configuration triplet
 .SH SYNOPSIS