diff --git a/esrally/utils/process.py b/esrally/utils/process.py
index d46de65b6..8dc2553c9 100644
--- a/esrally/utils/process.py
+++ b/esrally/utils/process.py
@@ -99,21 +99,22 @@ def run_subprocess_with_logging(
         logger.info(header)
 
     # pylint: disable=subprocess-popen-preexec-fn
-    with subprocess.Popen(
+    completed = subprocess.run(
         command_line_args,
         stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
         stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
-        universal_newlines=True,
+        text=True,
         env=env,
         stdin=stdin if stdin else None,
+        check=False,
         preexec_fn=pre_exec,
-    ) as command_line_process:
-        stdout, _ = command_line_process.communicate()
-        if stdout:
-            logger.log(level=level, msg=stdout)
+    )
+
+    for line in completed.stdout.splitlines():
+        logger.log(level=level, msg=line)
 
-    logger.debug("Subprocess [%s] finished with return code [%s].", command_line, str(command_line_process.returncode))
-    return command_line_process
+    logger.debug("Subprocess [%s] finished with return code [%s].", command_line, str(completed.returncode))
+    return completed
 
 
 def is_rally_process(p: psutil.Process) -> bool: