diff --git a/internal/runners/exec/exec.go b/internal/runners/exec/exec.go
index 038d1354a9..112d39482e 100644
--- a/internal/runners/exec/exec.go
+++ b/internal/runners/exec/exec.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/output"
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/primer"
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/runbits/rationalize"
-	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/runbits/runtime"
+	runtime_runbit "github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/runbits/runtime"
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/runbits/runtime/trigger"
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/subshell"
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/virtualenvironment"
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/internal/envdef/collection.go b/pkg/runtime/internal/envdef/collection.go
index 3801ff4ba7..fbb2077b57 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/internal/envdef/collection.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/internal/envdef/collection.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package envdef
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/errs"
@@ -63,5 +65,29 @@ func (c *Collection) Environment(installPath string, inherit bool) (map[string]s
 		}
 	}
 	constants := NewConstants(installPath)
-	return result.ExpandVariables(constants).GetEnv(inherit), nil
+	env := result.ExpandVariables(constants).GetEnv(inherit)
+	promotePath(env)
+	return env, nil
+}
+
+// promotPath is a temporary fix to ensure that the PATH is interpreted correctly on Windows
+// Should be properly addressed by https://activestatef.atlassian.net/browse/DX-3030
+func promotePath(env map[string]string) {
+	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
+		return
+	}
+
+	PATH, exists := env["PATH"]
+	if !exists {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// If Path exists, prepend PATH values to it
+	Path, pathExists := env["Path"]
+	if !pathExists {
+		return
+	}
+
+	env["Path"] = PATH + string(os.PathListSeparator) + Path
+	delete(env, "PATH")
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/exec_int_test.go b/test/integration/exec_int_test.go
index f3cfff58d7..acd8cd8345 100644
--- a/test/integration/exec_int_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/exec_int_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/constants"
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/environment"
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/testhelpers/e2e"
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/testhelpers/suite"
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/testhelpers/tagsuite"
-	"github.com/ActiveState/termtest"
 )
 
 type ExecIntegrationTestSuite struct {
@@ -176,7 +174,7 @@ func (suite *ExecIntegrationTestSuite) TestExeBatArguments() {
 	inputs := []string{"a<b", "b>a", "hello world", "&whoami", "imnot|apipe", "%NotAppData%", "^NotEscaped", "(NotAGroup)"}
 	outputs := `"` + strings.Join(inputs, `" "`) + `"`
 	cp = ts.SpawnWithOpts(e2e.OptArgs(append([]string{"exec", reportBat, "--"}, inputs...)...))
-	cp.Expect(outputs, termtest.OptExpectTimeout(5*time.Second))
+	cp.Expect(outputs, e2e.RuntimeBuildSourcingTimeoutOpt)
 	cp.ExpectExitCode(0)
 }
 
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 6f06a9f061..4c8c50fc8d 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.46.0-RC2
+0.46.0-RC3
\ No newline at end of file