diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/npm.ts b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/npm.ts
index 2e501488..06725f11 100644
--- a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/npm.ts
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/npm.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export async function configureRegistry(
     );
   }
 
-  await promisify(exec)(setRegistry, { windowsHide: true, shell: true });
+  await promisify(exec)(setRegistry, { windowsHide: true });
 
   /**
    * Protocol-Agnostic Configuration: The use of // allows NPM to configure authentication for a registry without tying it to a specific protocol (http: or https:).
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export async function configureRegistry(
       formatInfo(`Set authToken:\n${setAuthToken}`, VERDACCIO_ENV_TOKEN)
     );
   }
-  await promisify(exec)(setAuthToken, { windowsHide: true, shell: true });
+  await promisify(exec)(setAuthToken, { windowsHide: true });
 }
 
 export type UnconfigureRegistryOptions = Pick<
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export async function unconfigureRegistry(
       formatInfo(`Delete authToken:\n${setAuthToken}`, VERDACCIO_ENV_TOKEN)
     );
   }
-  await promisify(exec)(setAuthToken, { windowsHide: true, shell: true });
+  await promisify(exec)(setAuthToken, { windowsHide: true });
 
   const setRegistry = `npm config delete registry ${objectToCliArgs({
     userconfig,
@@ -145,5 +145,5 @@ export async function unconfigureRegistry(
       formatInfo(`Delete registry:\n${setRegistry}`, VERDACCIO_ENV_TOKEN)
     );
   }
-  await promisify(exec)(setRegistry, { windowsHide: true, shell: true });
+  await promisify(exec)(setRegistry, { windowsHide: true });
 }
diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/npm.unit-test.ts b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/npm.unit-test.ts
index 775bac5b..1c1ea9d1 100644
--- a/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/npm.unit-test.ts
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio/src/executors/env-bootstrap/npm.unit-test.ts
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ describe('configureRegistry', () => {
     expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       'npm config set registry="http://localhost:4873" --userconfig="test-config"',
-      { windowsHide: true, shell: true }
+      { windowsHide: true }
     );
 
     expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       'npm config set //localhost:4873/:_authToken "secretVerdaccioToken" --userconfig="test-config"',
-      { windowsHide: true, shell: true }
+      { windowsHide: true }
     );
   });
 
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ describe('unconfigureRegistry', () => {
     expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       'npm config delete registry --userconfig="test-config"',
-      { windowsHide: true, shell: true }
+      { windowsHide: true }
     );
 
     expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       'npm config delete //localhost:4873/:_authToken --userconfig="test-config"',
-      { windowsHide: true, shell: true }
+      { windowsHide: true }
     );
   });