diff --git a/src/agents/plugins/claude/plugin/hooks/hooks.json b/src/agents/plugins/claude/plugin/hooks/hooks.json
index bfd3cb7d7..c301bc6c0 100644
--- a/src/agents/plugins/claude/plugin/hooks/hooks.json
+++ b/src/agents/plugins/claude/plugin/hooks/hooks.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
           {
             "type": "command",
             "command": "codemie hook",
-            "timeout": 5
+            "timeout": 10
           },
           {
             "type": "command",
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
           {
             "type": "command",
             "command": "codemie hook",
-            "timeout": 2
+            "timeout": 10
           },
           {
             "type": "command",
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
           {
             "type": "command",
             "command": "codemie hook",
-            "timeout": 3
+            "timeout": 10
           }
         ]
       }
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
           {
             "type": "command",
             "command": "codemie hook",
-            "timeout": 2
+            "timeout": 10
           },
           {
             "type": "command",
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
           {
             "type": "command",
             "command": "codemie hook",
-            "timeout": 2
+            "timeout": 10
           },
           {
             "type": "command",
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
           {
             "type": "command",
             "command": "codemie hook",
-            "timeout": 2
+            "timeout": 10
           }
         ]
       }
diff --git a/src/agents/plugins/gemini/extension/hooks/hooks.json b/src/agents/plugins/gemini/extension/hooks/hooks.json
index af09a85e9..edafa4fcb 100644
--- a/src/agents/plugins/gemini/extension/hooks/hooks.json
+++ b/src/agents/plugins/gemini/extension/hooks/hooks.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
             "type": "command",
             "command": "codemie hook",
             "name": "CodeMie Stop Hook",
-            "timeout": 5000
+            "timeout": 10000
           }
         ]
       }
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
             "type": "command",
             "command": "codemie hook",
             "name": "CodeMie User Prompt Submit",
-            "timeout": 2000
+            "timeout": 10000
           }
         ]
       }
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
             "type": "command",
             "command": "codemie hook",
             "name": "CodeMie PreCompact Hook",
-            "timeout": 3000
+            "timeout": 10000
           }
         ]
       }
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
             "type": "command",
             "command": "codemie hook",
             "name": "CodeMie Permission Request",
-            "timeout": 3000
+            "timeout": 10000
           }
         ]
       }
diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/hook-command.test.ts b/src/utils/__tests__/hook-command.test.ts
index 2aeae9b7b..92fbe2a0b 100644
--- a/src/utils/__tests__/hook-command.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/hook-command.test.ts
@@ -51,23 +51,43 @@ describe('hook-command resolver', () => {
     spy.mockRestore();
   });
 
-  it('resolveCodemieBinary: on Windows, a .js argv[1] fallback is prefixed with the node executable', async () => {
+  it('resolveCodemieBinary: on Windows, a .js argv[1] fallback is prefixed with node and uses forward slashes', async () => {
     vi.doMock('../processes.js', () => ({ getCommandPath: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(null) }));
     const argvSpy = vi.spyOn(process, 'argv', 'get').mockReturnValue(['node', 'C:\\Users\\u\\app\\codemie.js']);
     const platSpy = vi.spyOn(process, 'platform', 'get').mockReturnValue('win32');
     const execSpy = vi.spyOn(process, 'execPath', 'get').mockReturnValue('C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe');
     const { resolveCodemieBinary, resolveHookCommand } = await import('../hook-command.js');
     const bin = await resolveCodemieBinary();
-    // A raw .js path is not invocable as a Windows hook command; prefix node.
-    expect(bin).toBe('"C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\u\\app\\codemie.js"');
+    // Backslashes are converted to forward slashes so bash (Git Bash / WSL) can execute the path.
+    expect(bin).toBe('"C:/Program Files/nodejs/node.exe" "C:/Users/u/app/codemie.js"');
     expect(resolveHookCommand('codemie hook', bin)).toBe(
-      '"C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\u\\app\\codemie.js" hook',
+      '"C:/Program Files/nodejs/node.exe" "C:/Users/u/app/codemie.js" hook',
     );
     argvSpy.mockRestore();
     platSpy.mockRestore();
     execSpy.mockRestore();
   });
 
+  it('resolveCodemieBinary: on Windows, getCommandPath result with backslashes is converted to forward slashes', async () => {
+    vi.doMock('../processes.js', () => ({
+      getCommandPath: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('C:\\Users\\u\\AppData\\Local\\CodeMie\\bin\\codemie.cmd'),
+    }));
+    const platSpy = vi.spyOn(process, 'platform', 'get').mockReturnValue('win32');
+    const { resolveCodemieBinary } = await import('../hook-command.js');
+    expect(await resolveCodemieBinary()).toBe('C:/Users/u/AppData/Local/CodeMie/bin/codemie.cmd');
+    platSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it('resolveCodemieBinary: on Windows, getCommandPath result with spaces and backslashes is quoted with forward slashes', async () => {
+    vi.doMock('../processes.js', () => ({
+      getCommandPath: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue('C:\\Program Files\\CodeMie\\bin\\codemie.cmd'),
+    }));
+    const platSpy = vi.spyOn(process, 'platform', 'get').mockReturnValue('win32');
+    const { resolveCodemieBinary } = await import('../hook-command.js');
+    expect(await resolveCodemieBinary()).toBe('"C:/Program Files/CodeMie/bin/codemie.cmd"');
+    platSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
+
   it('resolveCodemieBinary: on non-Windows, a .js argv[1] fallback stays a bare path (shebang-executable)', async () => {
     vi.doMock('../processes.js', () => ({ getCommandPath: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(null) }));
     const argvSpy = vi.spyOn(process, 'argv', 'get').mockReturnValue(['node', '/home/u/app/codemie.js']);
diff --git a/src/utils/hook-command.ts b/src/utils/hook-command.ts
index 612a45e4a..7a2a18bfa 100644
--- a/src/utils/hook-command.ts
+++ b/src/utils/hook-command.ts
@@ -16,24 +16,32 @@ function alwaysQuote(p: string): string {
   return p.startsWith('"') ? p : `"${p}"`;
 }
 
+// Convert Windows backslashes to forward slashes so the resolved path survives
+// bash (Git Bash / WSL) execution without \X sequences being consumed as escapes.
+// No-op on paths that already use forward slashes. See EPMCDME-14035.
+function toForwardSlash(p: string): string {
+  return p.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+}
+
 // Prefer the PATH-resolved shim, then the running entry (argv[1]), then bare `codemie`.
 // Never throws — it runs in launch-critical hook paths, so errors degrade to the next fallback.
 export async function resolveCodemieBinary(): Promise<string> {
   try {
     const resolved = await getCommandPath('codemie');
-    if (resolved) return quoteIfNeeded(resolved);
+    if (resolved) return quoteIfNeeded(toForwardSlash(resolved));
   } catch {
     // fall through
   }
 
   const argv1 = process.argv[1];
   if (argv1) {
-    // A Windows .js argv[1] is not directly invocable as a hook command — cmd.exe
-    // needs a `node` prefix; both tokens are quoted to survive spaces.
+    // A Windows .js argv[1] is not directly invocable as a hook command — bash
+    // needs a `node` prefix; both tokens use forward slashes and are quoted to
+    // survive spaces in paths like "C:/Program Files/...".
     if (process.platform === 'win32' && /\.[cm]?js$/i.test(argv1)) {
-      return `${alwaysQuote(process.execPath)} ${alwaysQuote(argv1)}`;
+      return `${alwaysQuote(toForwardSlash(process.execPath))} ${alwaysQuote(toForwardSlash(argv1))}`;
     }
-    return quoteIfNeeded(argv1);
+    return quoteIfNeeded(toForwardSlash(argv1));
   }
 
   return 'codemie';