diff --git a/src/brew/__tests__/brew.test.ts b/src/brew/__tests__/brew.test.ts
index 6896c36f..d7d31c1c 100644
--- a/src/brew/__tests__/brew.test.ts
+++ b/src/brew/__tests__/brew.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ describe("setup-brew", () => {
       return
     }
     const installInfo = setupBrew("", "", "")
-    await testBin("brew", ["--version"], (installInfo as InstallationInfo | undefined)?.binDir)
+    await testBin("brew", ["--version"], installInfo?.binDir)
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/brew/brew.ts b/src/brew/brew.ts
index feb79bf3..7684b8aa 100644
--- a/src/brew/brew.ts
+++ b/src/brew/brew.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let binDir: string | undefined
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
 export function setupBrew(_version: string, _setupCppDir: string, _arch: string) {
   if (!["darwin", "linux"].includes(process.platform)) {
-    return
+    return undefined
   }
   if (typeof binDir === "string") {
     return { binDir }
diff --git a/src/utils/tests/test-helpers.ts b/src/utils/tests/test-helpers.ts
index 44f5f0de..8ceded1c 100644
--- a/src/utils/tests/test-helpers.ts
+++ b/src/utils/tests/test-helpers.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import * as io from "@actions/io"
 import { tmpdir } from "os"
 import * as path from "path"
-import { spawnSync as spawn } from "child_process"
 import { addBinExtension } from "../setup/setupBin"
 import { join } from "path"
+import { exec } from "@actions/exec"
 
 export async function setupTmpDir(testName: string) {
   const tempDirectory = path.join(tmpdir(), "setup-cpp", testName)
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ export async function testBin(name: string, args: string[] = ["--version"], binD
     bin = join(binDir, addBinExtension(name))
   }
 
-  const { status } = spawn(bin, args, {
-    encoding: "utf8",
-  })
+  const status = await exec(bin, args)
   expect(status).toBe(0)
 
   expect(await io.which(name, true)).toBe(bin)