diff --git a/plugins/available/alias-completion.plugin.bash b/plugins/available/alias-completion.plugin.bash
index 3c4dd745..d2cb23b1 100644
--- a/plugins/available/alias-completion.plugin.bash
+++ b/plugins/available/alias-completion.plugin.bash
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function alias_completion {
 		# (leveraging that eval errs out if $alias_args contains unquoted shell metacharacters)
 		eval "local alias_arg_words; alias_arg_words=($alias_args)" 2> /dev/null || continue
 		# avoid expanding wildcards
-		read -ra alias_arg_words <<< "$alias_args"
+		read -a alias_arg_words <<< "$alias_args"
 
 		# skip alias if there is no completion function triggered by the aliased command
 		if [[ ! " ${completions[*]} " =~ $alias_cmd ]]; then