diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 463e7aa82..c1421ceca 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ maven.install(
         # kubernetes:client-java also depends on Protobuf (+gRPC?), version may need to be upgraded together
         "io.kubernetes:client-java:18.0.0",
         # Other
-        "ch.vorburger.exec:exec:3.1.4",
+        "ch.vorburger.exec:exec:3.1.5",
         "com.github.java-json-tools:uri-template:0.10",
         "com.zaxxer:nuprocess:2.0.6",
         "info.picocli:picocli:4.7.1",
diff --git a/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/ExecMD.java b/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/ExecMD.java
index ef53f0a44..468175373 100644
--- a/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/ExecMD.java
+++ b/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/ExecMD.java
@@ -144,20 +144,10 @@ void exec(Path dir, String preamble, String command, Appendable script, Appendab
         Duration timeout = Duration.ofSeconds(7);
 
         try {
-            var exitCode = runner.bash(dir, fullCommand, md, timeout);
-            if (exitCode != 0 && !expectFailure) {
-                throw new MarkdownProcessingException(
-                        exitCode
-                                + " exit code (use ```bash $? marker if that's expected): "
-                                + fullCommand);
-            }
-            if (exitCode == 0 && expectFailure) {
-                throw new MarkdownProcessingException(
-                        "exit code 0, but was expected to fail: " + fullCommand);
-            }
-
+            var exitCode = runner.bash(expectFailure, dir, fullCommand, md, timeout);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new MarkdownProcessingException("exec failed: " + fullCommand, e);
+            throw new MarkdownProcessingException(
+                    "exec failed (use ```bash $? marker if that's expected): " + fullCommand, e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/NuProcessRunner.java b/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/NuProcessRunner.java
index 79364611d..b533766f6 100644
--- a/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/NuProcessRunner.java
+++ b/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/NuProcessRunner.java
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@
 
 class NuProcessRunner implements Runner {
     @Override
-    public int exec(Path dir, List<String> command, Appendable output, Duration timeout)
+    public int exec(
+            boolean expectNonZeroExitCode,
+            Path dir,
+            List<String> command,
+            Appendable output,
+            Duration timeout)
             throws Exception {
         AppendingHandler handler = new AppendingHandler(output);
         NuProcessBuilder pb = new NuProcessBuilder(handler, command);
diff --git a/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/Runner.java b/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/Runner.java
index aabd23fd0..a1ef6ce84 100644
--- a/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/Runner.java
+++ b/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/Runner.java
@@ -29,10 +29,26 @@
  * href="https://github.com/zeroturnaround/zt-exec">zt-exec</a>.
  */
 interface Runner {
-    int exec(Path dir, List<String> command, Appendable output, Duration timeout) throws Exception;
+    int exec(
+            boolean expectNonZeroExitCode,
+            Path dir,
+            List<String> command,
+            Appendable output,
+            Duration timeout)
+            throws Exception;
 
-    default int bash(Path dir, String command, Appendable output, Duration timeout)
+    default int bash(
+            boolean expectNonZeroExitCode,
+            Path dir,
+            String command,
+            Appendable output,
+            Duration timeout)
             throws Exception {
-        return exec(dir, List.of("/usr/bin/env", "bash", "-c", command), output, timeout);
+        return exec(
+                expectNonZeroExitCode,
+                dir,
+                List.of("/usr/bin/env", "bash", "-c", command),
+                output,
+                timeout);
     }
 }
diff --git a/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/VorburgerExecRunner.java b/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/VorburgerExecRunner.java
index bd6401870..0b9a6a366 100644
--- a/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/VorburgerExecRunner.java
+++ b/common/markdown/src/main/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/VorburgerExecRunner.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 
 import ch.vorburger.exec.ManagedProcess;
 import ch.vorburger.exec.ManagedProcessBuilder;
-import ch.vorburger.exec.ManagedProcessException;
-
-import org.apache.commons.exec.Executor;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -32,7 +29,12 @@
 
 public class VorburgerExecRunner implements Runner {
     @Override
-    public int exec(Path dir, List<String> command, Appendable output, Duration timeout)
+    public int exec(
+            boolean expectNonZeroExitCode,
+            Path dir,
+            List<String> command,
+            Appendable output,
+            Duration timeout)
             throws Exception {
 
         ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
@@ -46,24 +48,15 @@ public int exec(Path dir, List<String> command, Appendable output, Duration time
         for (var arg : command.subList(1, command.size())) {
             pb.addArgument(arg, false);
         }
+        if (expectNonZeroExitCode) {
+            pb.setIsSuccessExitValueChecker(exitValue -> exitValue != 0);
+        }
         ManagedProcess p = pb.build();
 
-        int exitCode;
         try {
-            exitCode = p.start().waitForExitMaxMs(timeout.toMillis());
-        } catch (ManagedProcessException e) {
-            // TODO FIXME This is very ugly!! Needs
-            // https://github.com/vorburger/ch.vorburger.exec/issues/45
-            if (e.getMessage().contains("failed, exitValue=")
-                    && p.exitValue() != Executor.INVALID_EXITVALUE) {
-                exitCode = p.exitValue();
-            } else {
-                throw e;
-            }
+            return p.start().waitForExitMaxMs(timeout.toMillis());
         } finally {
             output.append(baos.toString(UTF_8));
         }
-
-        return exitCode;
     }
 }
diff --git a/common/markdown/src/test/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/RunnerTest.java b/common/markdown/src/test/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/RunnerTest.java
index cdcae5567..ce3eb8e22 100644
--- a/common/markdown/src/test/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/RunnerTest.java
+++ b/common/markdown/src/test/java/dev/enola/common/markdown/exec/RunnerTest.java
@@ -19,40 +19,40 @@
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
+import static java.nio.file.Path.of;
+import static java.time.Duration.ofSeconds;
 
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.time.Duration;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class RunnerTest {
 
     Runner runner = new VorburgerExecRunner(); // NuProcessRunner();
 
-    void check(String command, int expectedExitCode, String expectedOutput) throws Exception {
+    void check(String command, boolean expectNonZeroExitCode, String expectedOutput)
+            throws Exception {
         var sb = new StringBuffer();
-        var actualExitCode = runner.bash(Path.of("."), command, sb, Duration.ofSeconds(3));
+        var actualExitCode = runner.bash(expectNonZeroExitCode, of("."), command, sb, ofSeconds(3));
         assertEquals(expectedOutput, sb.toString());
-        assertEquals(expectedExitCode, actualExitCode);
+        assertEquals(expectNonZeroExitCode, actualExitCode != 0);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testTrue() throws Exception {
-        check("true", 0, "");
+        check("true", false, "");
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testEcho() throws Exception {
-        check("echo hi", 0, "hi\n");
+        check("echo hi", false, "hi\n");
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testFalse() throws Exception {
-        check("false", 1, "");
+        check("false", true, "");
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testInexistantCommand() throws Exception {
-        int exitValue = 127; // or Integer.MIN_VALUE for NuProcess
-        check("does-not-exist", exitValue, "bash: line 1: does-not-exist: command not found\n");
+        check("does-not-exist", true, "bash: line 1: does-not-exist: command not found\n");
     }
 }
diff --git a/maven_install.json b/maven_install.json
index 5d300f16f..b92deb55d 100644
--- a/maven_install.json
+++ b/maven_install.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "__AUTOGENERATED_FILE_DO_NOT_MODIFY_THIS_FILE_MANUALLY": "THERE_IS_NO_DATA_ONLY_ZUUL",
-  "__INPUT_ARTIFACTS_HASH": -709240374,
-  "__RESOLVED_ARTIFACTS_HASH": -1427845027,
+  "__INPUT_ARTIFACTS_HASH": -1178826615,
+  "__RESOLVED_ARTIFACTS_HASH": -324205966,
   "artifacts": {
     "aopalliance:aopalliance": {
       "shasums": {
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
     },
     "ch.vorburger.exec:exec": {
       "shasums": {
-        "jar": "8a46a96d66e8d69f6cfcb85f09f414350fb562912bb9aba9c862c42f71ba50cf",
-        "sources": "ed6de568fab512685e71f4708e0f5c34f17de0432144d83e9615096f0af096b7"
+        "jar": "1aaf7c21efe48a9883d0049c7343cb1522b71bc2ef164aeb4024b608d19920a2",
+        "sources": "0c5735244e8c928d281bc7f1f01fca45b61a342dfa0c24d2de3ebe548395b7c8"
       },
-      "version": "3.1.4"
+      "version": "3.1.5"
     },
     "com.github.java-json-tools:btf": {
       "shasums": {