diff --git a/commitizen/cmd.py b/commitizen/cmd.py
index effe1ff37..f2b98502d 100644
--- a/commitizen/cmd.py
+++ b/commitizen/cmd.py
@@ -103,3 +103,43 @@ def run_shell(cmd: str, env: Mapping[str, str] | None = None) -> Command:
     https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen/issues/1918
     """
     return _popen(cmd, shell=True, env=env)
+
+
+def run_interactive(
+    cmd: str | Sequence[str], env: Mapping[str, str] | None = None
+) -> int:
+    """Run a command safely without shell interpretation and without redirecting stdin, stdout, or stderr
+
+    Args:
+        cmd: The command to run
+        env: Extra environment variables to define in the subprocess. Defaults to None.
+
+    Returns:
+        subprocess returncode
+    """
+    if env is not None:
+        env = {**os.environ, **env}
+    if isinstance(cmd, str):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Passing a string to cmd.run_interactive() is deprecated and will be removed in v5. "
+            "Use a list of arguments instead, or use cmd.run_interactive_shell() explicitly.",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+        return subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, env=env).returncode
+    return subprocess.run(cmd, shell=False, env=env).returncode
+
+
+def run_interactive_shell(cmd: str, env: Mapping[str, str] | None = None) -> int:
+    """Run a command without redirecting stdin, stdout, or stderr
+
+    Args:
+        cmd: The command to run
+        env: Extra environment variables to define in the subprocess. Defaults to None.
+
+    Returns:
+        subprocess returncode
+    """
+    if env is not None:
+        env = {**os.environ, **env}
+    return subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, env=env).returncode
diff --git a/commitizen/hooks.py b/commitizen/hooks.py
index ccb966672..cf9fe01d2 100644
--- a/commitizen/hooks.py
+++ b/commitizen/hooks.py
@@ -17,14 +17,9 @@ def run(hooks: str | list[str], _env_prefix: str = "CZ_", **env: object) -> None
     for hook in hooks:
         out.info(f"Running hook '{hook}'")
 
-        c = cmd.run_shell(hook, env=_format_env(_env_prefix, env))
+        return_code = cmd.run_interactive(hook, env=_format_env(_env_prefix, env))
 
-        if c.out:
-            out.write(c.out)
-        if c.err:
-            out.error(c.err)
-
-        if c.return_code != 0:
+        if return_code != 0:
             raise RunHookError(f"Running hook '{hook}' failed")
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_bump_hooks.py b/tests/test_bump_hooks.py
index 28f0db944..e73cb49ec 100644
--- a/tests/test_bump_hooks.py
+++ b/tests/test_bump_hooks.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ def test_run(mocker: MockFixture):
     bump_hooks = ["pre_bump_hook", "pre_bump_hook_1"]
 
     cmd_run_mock = mocker.Mock()
-    cmd_run_mock.return_value.return_code = 0
-    mocker.patch.object(cmd, "run_shell", cmd_run_mock)
+    cmd_run_mock.return_value = 0
+    mocker.patch.object(cmd, "run_interactive", cmd_run_mock)
 
     hooks.run(bump_hooks)
 
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ def test_run_error(mocker: MockFixture):
     bump_hooks = ["pre_bump_hook", "pre_bump_hook_1"]
 
     cmd_run_mock = mocker.Mock()
-    cmd_run_mock.return_value.return_code = 1
-    mocker.patch.object(cmd, "run_shell", cmd_run_mock)
+    cmd_run_mock.return_value = 1
+    mocker.patch.object(cmd, "run_interactive", cmd_run_mock)
 
     with pytest.raises(RunHookError):
         hooks.run(bump_hooks)
diff --git a/tests/test_cmd.py b/tests/test_cmd.py
index 734c90091..c462067a5 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmd.py
+++ b/tests/test_cmd.py
@@ -57,39 +57,161 @@ def decode(self, encoding="utf-8", errors="strict"):
         cmd._try_decode(_bytes())
 
 
-def test_run_returns_command_with_shell_false():
-    """Test that cmd.run executes a list-based command without shell."""
-    c = cmd.run(["python", "-c", "print('hello')"])
-    assert c.return_code == 0
-    assert "hello" in c.out
-
-
-def test_run_shell_returns_command_with_shell_true():
-    """Test that cmd.run_shell executes a string command via the shell."""
-    c = cmd.run_shell("python -c \"print('hello')\"")
-    assert c.return_code == 0
-    assert "hello" in c.out
-
-
-def test_run_with_env():
-    """Test that cmd.run passes extra environment variables."""
-    c = cmd.run(
-        ["python", "-c", "import os; print(os.environ['CZ_TEST_VAR'])"],
-        env={"CZ_TEST_VAR": "test_value"},
-    )
-    assert c.return_code == 0
-    assert "test_value" in c.out
-
-
-def test_run_with_string_emits_deprecation_warning():
-    """Test that passing a string to cmd.run() emits a DeprecationWarning."""
-    import warnings
-
-    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
-        warnings.simplefilter("always")
-        c = cmd.run("python -c \"print('deprecated')\"")
+class TestRun:
+    def test_returns_command_with_shell_false(self):
+        """Test that cmd.run executes a list-based command without shell."""
+        c = cmd.run(["python", "-c", "print('hello')"])
+        assert c.return_code == 0
+        assert "hello" in c.out
+
+    def test_with_env(self):
+        """Test that cmd.run passes extra environment variables."""
+        c = cmd.run(
+            ["python", "-c", "import os; print(os.environ['CZ_TEST_VAR'])"],
+            env={"CZ_TEST_VAR": "test_value"},
+        )
+        assert c.return_code == 0
+        assert "test_value" in c.out
+
+    def test_with_string_emits_deprecation_warning(self):
+        """Test that passing a string to cmd.run() emits a DeprecationWarning."""
+        import warnings
+
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.simplefilter("always")
+            c = cmd.run("python -c \"print('deprecated')\"")
+            assert c.return_code == 0
+            assert "deprecated" in c.out
+            assert len(w) == 1
+            assert issubclass(w[0].category, DeprecationWarning)
+            assert "cmd.run()" in str(w[0].message)
+
+    def test_stdout_captured(self):
+        result = cmd.run(["python", "-c", "print('hello')"])
+        assert "hello" in result.out
+        assert isinstance(result.stdout, bytes)
+        assert b"hello" in result.stdout
+
+    def test_stderr_captured(self):
+        result = cmd.run(
+            ["python", "-c", "import sys; print('err msg', file=sys.stderr)"]
+        )
+        assert "err msg" in result.err
+        assert isinstance(result.stderr, bytes)
+        assert b"err msg" in result.stderr
+
+    def test_zero_return_code_on_success(self):
+        result = cmd.run(["python", "-c", "import sys; sys.exit(0)"])
+        assert result.return_code == 0
+
+    def test_nonzero_return_code_on_failure(self):
+        result = cmd.run(["python", "-c", "import sys; sys.exit(42)"])
+        assert result.return_code == 42
+
+    def test_env_passed_to_subprocess(self):
+        result = cmd.run(
+            ["python", "-c", "import os; print(os.environ['CZ_TEST_VAR'])"],
+            env={"CZ_TEST_VAR": "sentinelvalue"},
+        )
+        assert "sentinelvalue" in result.out
+        assert result.return_code == 0
+
+    def test_env_merged_with_os_environ(self, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setenv("CZ_EXISTING_VAR", "fromenv")
+        result = cmd.run(
+            ["python", "-c", "import os; print(os.environ['CZ_EXISTING_VAR'])"],
+            env={"CZ_EXTRA_VAR": "extra"},
+        )
+        assert "fromenv" in result.out
+
+    def test_empty_stdout_and_stderr(self):
+        result = cmd.run(["python", "-c", '"pass"'])
+        assert result.out == ""
+        assert result.err == ""
+        assert result.stdout == b""
+        assert result.stderr == b""
+
+    def test_no_env_uses_os_environ(self, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setenv("CZ_NO_ENV_TEST", "inherited")
+        result = cmd.run(
+            ["python", "-c", "import os; print(os.environ['CZ_NO_ENV_TEST'])"]
+        )
+        assert "inherited" in result.out
+
+
+class TestRunShell:
+    def test_returns_command_with_shell_true(self):
+        """Test that cmd.run_shell executes a string command via the shell."""
+        c = cmd.run_shell("python -c \"print('hello')\"")
         assert c.return_code == 0
-        assert "deprecated" in c.out
-        assert len(w) == 1
-        assert issubclass(w[0].category, DeprecationWarning)
-        assert "cmd.run()" in str(w[0].message)
+        assert "hello" in c.out
+
+
+class TestRunInteractive:
+    def test_zero_return_code_on_success(self):
+        return_code = cmd.run_interactive(["python", "-c", "import sys; sys.exit(0)"])
+        assert return_code == 0
+
+    def test_nonzero_return_code_on_failure(self):
+        return_code = cmd.run_interactive(["python", "-c", "import sys; sys.exit(3)"])
+        assert return_code == 3
+
+    def test_env_passed_to_subprocess(self):
+        return_code = cmd.run_interactive(
+            [
+                "python",
+                "-c",
+                "import os, sys; sys.exit(0 if os.environ['CZ_ITEST_VAR'] == 'val' else 1)",
+            ],
+            env={"CZ_ITEST_VAR": "val"},
+        )
+        assert return_code == 0
+
+    def test_env_merged_with_os_environ(self, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setenv("CZ_ITEST_EXISTING", "yes")
+        return_code = cmd.run_interactive(
+            [
+                "python",
+                "-c",
+                "import os, sys; sys.exit(0 if os.environ['CZ_ITEST_EXISTING'] == 'yes' else 1)",
+            ],
+            env={"CZ_ITEST_EXTRA": "extra"},
+        )
+        assert return_code == 0
+
+    def test_runs_with_string(self):
+        """Test that passing a string to cmd.run_interactive emits a DeprecationWarning."""
+        import warnings
+
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+            warnings.simplefilter("always")
+            return_code = cmd.run_interactive("python -c \"print('hello')\"")
+            assert return_code == 0
+            assert len(w) == 1
+            assert issubclass(w[0].category, DeprecationWarning)
+            assert "cmd.run_interactive()" in str(w[0].message)
+
+
+class TestRunInteractiveShell:
+    def test_zero_return_code_on_success(self):
+        return_code = cmd.run_interactive_shell('python -c "import sys; sys.exit(0)"')
+        assert return_code == 0
+
+    def test_nonzero_return_code_on_failure(self):
+        return_code = cmd.run_interactive_shell('python -c "import sys; sys.exit(3)"')
+        assert return_code == 3
+
+    def test_env_passed_to_subprocess(self):
+        return_code = cmd.run_interactive_shell(
+            "python -c \"import os, sys; sys.exit(0 if os.environ['CZ_ITEST_VAR'] == 'val' else 1)\"",
+            env={"CZ_ITEST_VAR": "val"},
+        )
+        assert return_code == 0
+
+    def test_env_merged_with_os_environ(self, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setenv("CZ_ITEST_EXISTING", "yes")
+        return_code = cmd.run_interactive_shell(
+            "python -c \"import os, sys; sys.exit(0 if os.environ['CZ_ITEST_EXISTING'] == 'yes' else 1)\"",
+            env={"CZ_ITEST_EXTRA": "extra"},
+        )
+        assert return_code == 0