diff --git a/gravity.sh b/gravity.sh
index d7dfadf6..e75bb250 100755
--- a/gravity.sh
+++ b/gravity.sh
@@ -769,7 +769,9 @@ gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl() {
   fi
 
   if [[ "${download}" == true ]]; then
-    httpCode=$(curl --connect-timeout ${curl_connect_timeout} -s -L "${compression}" "${cmd_ext}" "${modifiedOptions}" -w "%{http_code}" "${url}" -o "${listCurlBuffer}" 2>/dev/null)
+    # See https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/issues/6159 for justification of the below disable directive
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    httpCode=$(curl --connect-timeout ${curl_connect_timeout} -s -L ${compression} ${cmd_ext} ${modifiedOptions} -w "%{http_code}" "${url}" -o "${listCurlBuffer}" 2>/dev/null)
   fi
 
   case $url in