diff --git a/test/jdk/tools/jpackage/helpers-test/jdk/jpackage/test/ExecutorTest.java b/test/jdk/tools/jpackage/helpers-test/jdk/jpackage/test/ExecutorTest.java
index c5d8aed845c..2b075e0f13c 100644
--- a/test/jdk/tools/jpackage/helpers-test/jdk/jpackage/test/ExecutorTest.java
+++ b/test/jdk/tools/jpackage/helpers-test/jdk/jpackage/test/ExecutorTest.java
@@ -210,7 +210,13 @@ public class ExecutorTest extends JUnitAdapter {
 
             assertEquals(0, result[0].getExitCode());
 
-            assertEquals(expectedCapturedSystemOut(commandWithDiscardedStreams), outputCapture.outLines());
+            // If we dump the subprocesses's output, and the command produced both STDOUT and STDERR,
+            // then the captured STDOUT may contain interleaved command's STDOUT and STDERR,
+            // not in sequential order (STDOUT followed by STDERR).
+            // In this case don't check the contents of the captured command's STDOUT.
+            if (toolProvider || outputCapture.outLines().isEmpty() || (command.stdout().isEmpty() || command.stderr().isEmpty())) {
+                assertEquals(expectedCapturedSystemOut(commandWithDiscardedStreams), outputCapture.outLines());
+            }
             assertEquals(expectedCapturedSystemErr(commandWithDiscardedStreams), outputCapture.errLines());
 
             assertEquals(expectedResultStdout(commandWithDiscardedStreams), result[0].stdout().getOutput());
diff --git a/test/jdk/tools/jpackage/helpers/jdk/jpackage/test/Executor.java b/test/jdk/tools/jpackage/helpers/jdk/jpackage/test/Executor.java
index 91625603a2b..ef118e525c5 100644
--- a/test/jdk/tools/jpackage/helpers/jdk/jpackage/test/Executor.java
+++ b/test/jdk/tools/jpackage/helpers/jdk/jpackage/test/Executor.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -42,12 +43,15 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletionException;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.spi.ToolProvider;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import jdk.jpackage.internal.util.function.ThrowingSupplier;
+import jdk.jpackage.internal.util.function.ExceptionBox;
 
 public final class Executor extends CommandArguments<Executor> {
 
@@ -465,9 +469,37 @@ public final class Executor extends CommandArguments<Executor> {
         trace("Execute " + sb.toString() + "...");
         Process process = builder.start();
 
-        final var output = combine(
-                processProcessStream(outputStreamsControl.stdout(), process.getInputStream()),
-                processProcessStream(outputStreamsControl.stderr(), process.getErrorStream()));
+        var stdoutGobbler = CompletableFuture.<Optional<List<String>>>supplyAsync(() -> {
+            try {
+                return processProcessStream(outputStreamsControl.stdout(), process.getInputStream());
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                throw new UncheckedIOException(ex);
+            }
+        });
+
+        var stderrGobbler = CompletableFuture.<Optional<List<String>>>supplyAsync(() -> {
+            try {
+                return processProcessStream(outputStreamsControl.stderr(), process.getErrorStream());
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                throw new UncheckedIOException(ex);
+            }
+        });
+
+        final CommandOutput output;
+
+        try {
+            output = combine(stdoutGobbler.join(), stderrGobbler.join());
+        } catch (CompletionException ex) {
+            var cause = ex.getCause();
+            switch (cause) {
+                case UncheckedIOException uioex -> {
+                    throw uioex.getCause();
+                }
+                default -> {
+                    throw ExceptionBox.toUnchecked(ExceptionBox.unbox(cause));
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
         final int exitCode = process.waitFor();
         trace("Done. Exit code: " + exitCode);