diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Extensions/ProcessExtensions.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Extensions/ProcessExtensions.cs
index 4d0854ba03..0f926deda3 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Extensions/ProcessExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Extensions/ProcessExtensions.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.ComponentModel;
-using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.IO;
 using BenchmarkDotNet.Characteristics;
 using BenchmarkDotNet.Detectors;
 using BenchmarkDotNet.Engines;
@@ -13,6 +8,13 @@
 using BenchmarkDotNet.Running;
 using BenchmarkDotNet.Toolchains.CoreRun;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 
 namespace BenchmarkDotNet.Extensions
@@ -210,27 +212,51 @@ private static void GetAllChildIdsUnix(int parentId, HashSet<int> children, Time
 
         private static (int exitCode, string output) RunProcessAndReadOutput(string fileName, string arguments, TimeSpan timeout)
         {
-            var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
+            using var process = new Process
             {
-                FileName = fileName,
-                Arguments = arguments,
-                RedirectStandardOutput = true,
-                UseShellExecute = false
+                StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
+                {
+                    FileName = fileName,
+                    Arguments = arguments,
+                    RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+                    RedirectStandardError = false,
+                    UseShellExecute = false
+                },
+                EnableRaisingEvents = true
             };
 
-            using (var process = Process.Start(startInfo))
+            var stdout = new StringBuilder();
+
+            var tcsExited = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
+            var tcsStdout = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
+
+            process.Exited += (_, __) => tcsExited.TrySetResult(true);
+            process.OutputDataReceived += (_, e) =>
             {
-                if (process.WaitForExit((int)timeout.TotalMilliseconds))
-                {
-                    return (process.ExitCode, process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd());
-                }
+                if (e.Data != null)
+                    stdout.AppendLine(e.Data);
                 else
-                {
-                    process.Kill();
-                }
+                    tcsStdout.TrySetResult(true);
+            };
 
-                return (process.ExitCode, default);
+            process.Start();
+            process.BeginOutputReadLine();
+
+            var tasks = Task.WhenAll(tcsExited.Task, tcsStdout.Task);
+            if (tasks.Wait(timeout))
+                return (process.ExitCode, stdout.ToString());
+
+            // Handle timeout
+            try
+            {
+                process.KillTree();
             }
+            catch
+            {
+                // Ignore exception
+            }
+
+            return (process.HasExited ? process.ExitCode : -1, default);
         }
 
         private static int RunProcessAndIgnoreOutput(string fileName, string arguments, TimeSpan timeout)
diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Helpers/ProcessHelper.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Helpers/ProcessHelper.cs
index caa3410b21..d01e2a3ddf 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Helpers/ProcessHelper.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Helpers/ProcessHelper.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ internal static class ProcessHelper
                 UseShellExecute = false,
                 CreateNoWindow = true,
                 RedirectStandardOutput = true,
-                RedirectStandardError = true
             };
             if (environmentVariables != null)
                 foreach (var variable in environmentVariables)
diff --git a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Validators/DotNetSdkValidator.cs b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Validators/DotNetSdkValidator.cs
index 66b6a35aca..dc83d3162f 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Validators/DotNetSdkValidator.cs
+++ b/src/BenchmarkDotNet/Validators/DotNetSdkValidator.cs
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ private static IEnumerable<Version> GetInstalledDotNetSdks(string? customDotNetC
                         return Enumerable.Empty<Version>();
                     }
 
+                    var output = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
                     process.WaitForExit();
 
                     if (process.ExitCode == 0)
                     {
-                        var output = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
                         var lines = output.Split(new[] { '\r', '\n' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
 
                         var versions = new List<Version>(lines.Count());