diff --git a/devtools/gradle-it-run/pom.xml b/devtools/gradle-it-run/pom.xml
index 5e20df1bbc2547..293e871999bee0 100644
--- a/devtools/gradle-it-run/pom.xml
+++ b/devtools/gradle-it-run/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>ch.vorburger.exec</groupId>
+            <artifactId>exec</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
             <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
diff --git a/devtools/gradle-it-run/src/test/java/io/quarkus/gradle/it/GradleRunIntegrationTest.java b/devtools/gradle-it-run/src/test/java/io/quarkus/gradle/it/GradleRunIntegrationTest.java
index 7cdef753d4ad78..9c29c6ad325cc6 100644
--- a/devtools/gradle-it-run/src/test/java/io/quarkus/gradle/it/GradleRunIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/devtools/gradle-it-run/src/test/java/io/quarkus/gradle/it/GradleRunIntegrationTest.java
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@
 import static io.restassured.RestAssured.given;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import ch.vorburger.exec.ManagedProcess;
+import ch.vorburger.exec.ManagedProcessBuilder;
+import ch.vorburger.exec.ManagedProcessException;
+
 /**
  * Integration Test which runs the sample app built by Gradle.
  *
@@ -31,11 +33,11 @@ public class GradleRunIntegrationTest {
     // do not rename this to *IT because we want it to run on regular mvn test without requiring failsafe
 
     @Test
-    public void testHelloEndpoint() throws IOException {
-        Process process = new ProcessBuilder()
-                // .directory("../")
-                .command("java", "-jar", "../gradle-it/build/gradle-it-runner.jar")
-                .start();
+    public void testHelloEndpoint() throws ManagedProcessException {
+        ManagedProcess process = new ManagedProcessBuilder("java")
+                .addArgument("-jar").addArgument("../gradle-it/build/gradle-it-runner.jar").build();
+        process.start();
+
         try {
             given()
                     .when().get("/hello")