diff --git a/src/openllm/common.py b/src/openllm/common.py
index c3646ba69..399c94c6e 100644
--- a/src/openllm/common.py
+++ b/src/openllm/common.py
@@ -422,12 +422,8 @@ async def async_run_command(
 
   proc = None
   try:
-    proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_shell(
-      ' '.join(map(str, cmd)),
-      stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
-      stderr=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
-      cwd=cwd,
-      env=env,
+    proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
+      *cmd, stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE, stderr=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE, cwd=cwd, env=env
     )
     yield proc
   except subprocess.CalledProcessError: