diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4bab9be..d7a5a0f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [2.3.5]
+### Fixed
+- Fix large process outputs could lead to a timeout in the command runner due to the reading buffer running full and blocking the process.
+
 ## [2.3.4]
 ### Fixed
 - Remove debug statements.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d53d6dc..a6c9fbf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Gradle 2.1 and higher
 
 ```
 plugins {
-    id("io.wusa.semver-git-plugin").version("2.3.4")
+    id("io.wusa.semver-git-plugin").version("2.3.5")
 }
 ```
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildscript {
        }
    }
    dependencies {
-      classpath 'io.wusa:semver-git-plugin:2.3.4'
+      classpath 'io.wusa:semver-git-plugin:2.3.5'
    }
 }
 
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 8ef0c81..3418fb7 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "io.wusa"
-version = "2.3.4"
+version = "2.3.5"
 
 dependencies {
     implementation(kotlin("stdlib-jdk8"))
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/wusa/GitCommandRunner.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/wusa/GitCommandRunner.kt
index 9d68b7d..eb19b48 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/wusa/GitCommandRunner.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/wusa/GitCommandRunner.kt
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ class GitCommandRunner {
     companion object {
         fun execute(projectDir: File, args: Array<String>): String {
             val process = startGitProcess(args, projectDir)
+            val output = readProcessOutput(process)
             waitForGitProcess(process)
-            if (processFinishedWithoutErrors(process)) return readProcessOutput(process)
+            if (processFinishedWithoutErrors(process)) return output
 
             throw GitException("Executing git command failed with " + process.exitValue())
         }
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/io/wusa/SemverGitPluginKotlinFunctionalTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/io/wusa/SemverGitPluginKotlinFunctionalTest.kt
index ec7dd8e..c2b2189 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/io/wusa/SemverGitPluginKotlinFunctionalTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/io/wusa/SemverGitPluginKotlinFunctionalTest.kt
@@ -729,4 +729,44 @@ class SemverGitPluginKotlinFunctionalTest : FunctionalBaseTest() {
         println(result.output)
         Assertions.assertTrue(result.output.contains("Version: 2.0.43-dirty-SNAPSHOT"))
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `issue-61 large process outputs leads to timeouts`() {
+        val testProjectDirectory = createTempDir()
+        val buildFile = File(testProjectDirectory, "build.gradle.kts")
+        buildFile.writeText("""
+          import io.wusa.Info
+          import io.wusa.TagType
+
+          plugins {
+              id("io.wusa.semver-git-plugin")
+          }
+
+          semver {
+              tagPrefix = ""
+              tagType = TagType.ANNOTATED
+              branches {
+                  branch {
+                      regex = ".+"
+                      incrementer = "CONVENTIONAL_COMMITS_INCREMENTER"
+                      formatter = Transformer<Any, Info>{ info:Info -> "${'$'}{info.version.major}.${'$'}{info.version.minor}.${'$'}{info.version.patch}" }
+                  }
+              }
+          }
+      """)
+        val git = initializeGitWithoutBranchAnnotated(testProjectDirectory, "2.0.42")
+        for (x in 0..600) {
+            val dirty = File(testProjectDirectory, "dirty_$x.file")
+            dirty.writeText("dirty")
+        }
+        git.add().addFilepattern(".").call()
+
+        val result = gradleRunner
+                .withProjectDir(testProjectDirectory)
+                .withArguments("showInfo")
+                .withPluginClasspath()
+                .build()
+        println(result.output)
+        Assertions.assertTrue(result.output.contains("Version: 2.0.43-dirty-SNAPSHOT"))
+    }
 }