diff --git a/dev-packages/application-manager/src/application-process.ts b/dev-packages/application-manager/src/application-process.ts
index 47fda1c743ba1..2befd37bcfc50 100644
--- a/dev-packages/application-manager/src/application-process.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/application-manager/src/application-process.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ export class ApplicationProcess {
     ) { }
 
     spawn(command: string, args?: string[], options?: cp.SpawnOptions): cp.ChildProcess {
-        return cp.spawn(command, args || [], Object.assign({}, this.defaultOptions, options));
+        return cp.spawn(command, args || [], Object.assign({}, this.defaultOptions, {
+            ...options,
+            shell: true
+        }));
     }
 
     fork(modulePath: string, args?: string[], options?: cp.ForkOptions): cp.ChildProcess {
@@ -50,7 +53,10 @@ export class ApplicationProcess {
 
     spawnBin(command: string, args: string[], options?: cp.SpawnOptions): cp.ChildProcess {
         const binPath = this.resolveBin(command);
-        return this.spawn(binPath, args, options);
+        return this.spawn(binPath, args, {
+            ...options,
+            shell: true
+        });
     }
 
     protected resolveBin(command: string): string {
diff --git a/dev-packages/cli/bin/theia-patch.js b/dev-packages/cli/bin/theia-patch.js
index 5c9e7ad2ad828..a6a511fa9b2dd 100755
--- a/dev-packages/cli/bin/theia-patch.js
+++ b/dev-packages/cli/bin/theia-patch.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const cp = require('child_process');
 
-const patchPackage= require.resolve('patch-package');
+const patchPackage = require.resolve('patch-package');
 console.log(`patch-package = ${patchPackage}`);
 
 const patchesDir = path.join('.', 'node_modules', '@theia', 'cli', 'patches');
@@ -28,10 +28,9 @@ console.log(`patchesdir = ${patchesDir}`);
 
 const env = Object.assign({}, process.env);
 
-const scriptProcess = cp.exec(`node ${patchPackage} --patch-dir "${patchesDir}"`, {
+const scriptProcess = cp.exec(`node "${patchPackage}" --patch-dir "${patchesDir}"`, {
     cwd: process.cwd(),
-    env,
-
+    env
 });
 
 scriptProcess.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
diff --git a/dev-packages/native-webpack-plugin/src/native-webpack-plugin.ts b/dev-packages/native-webpack-plugin/src/native-webpack-plugin.ts
index eafa1a01ac386..7ff3c13e20fcc 100644
--- a/dev-packages/native-webpack-plugin/src/native-webpack-plugin.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/native-webpack-plugin/src/native-webpack-plugin.ts
@@ -124,10 +124,6 @@ export class NativeWebpackPlugin {
             const dllFile = require.resolve('node-pty/build/Release/winpty.dll');
             const targetDllFile = path.join(targetDirectory, 'winpty.dll');
             await this.copyExecutable(dllFile, targetDllFile);
-        } else {
-            const sourceFile = require.resolve('node-pty/build/Release/spawn-helper');
-            const targetFile = path.join(targetDirectory, 'spawn-helper');
-            await this.copyExecutable(sourceFile, targetFile);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/dev-packages/private-re-exports/src/package-re-exports.ts b/dev-packages/private-re-exports/src/package-re-exports.ts
index 40aebc7a91db4..65f0fddfc4750 100644
--- a/dev-packages/private-re-exports/src/package-re-exports.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/private-re-exports/src/package-re-exports.ts
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ export class PackageReExports {
                 ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE: '1'
             },
             encoding: 'utf8',
-            stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'inherit']
+            stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'inherit'],
+            shell: true
         });
         const [packageRoot, reExports] = JSON.parse(stdout) as [string, ReExport[]];
         return new PackageReExports(packageName, packageRoot, reExports);
diff --git a/packages/process/package.json b/packages/process/package.json
index 736f1b4b13ae0..ca4e0cd22b8c3 100644
--- a/packages/process/package.json
+++ b/packages/process/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "Theia process support.",
   "dependencies": {
     "@theia/core": "1.48.0",
-    "node-pty": "0.11.0-beta17",
+    "node-pty": "0.11.0-beta24",
     "string-argv": "^0.1.1",
     "tslib": "^2.6.2"
   },
diff --git a/packages/process/src/node/pseudo-pty.ts b/packages/process/src/node/pseudo-pty.ts
index 245a66dd2b211..b44cb5f7a126b 100644
--- a/packages/process/src/node/pseudo-pty.ts
+++ b/packages/process/src/node/pseudo-pty.ts
@@ -51,4 +51,6 @@ export class PseudoPty implements IPty {
     pause(): void { }
 
     resume(): void { }
+
+    clear(): void { }
 }
diff --git a/packages/terminal/src/node/shell-terminal-server.ts b/packages/terminal/src/node/shell-terminal-server.ts
index 63eded6a30618..bb2270f162574 100644
--- a/packages/terminal/src/node/shell-terminal-server.ts
+++ b/packages/terminal/src/node/shell-terminal-server.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ export class ShellTerminalServer extends BaseTerminalServer implements IShellTer
     private spawnAsPromised(command: string, args: string[]): Promise<string> {
         return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
             let stdout = '';
-            const child = cp.spawn(command, args);
+            const child = cp.spawn(command, args, {
+                shell: true
+            });
             if (child.pid) {
                 child.stdout.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
                     stdout += data.toString();
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 489221288bada..8b45a3820e7f0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8594,12 +8594,12 @@ node-preload@^0.2.1:
   dependencies:
     process-on-spawn "^1.0.0"
 
-node-pty@0.11.0-beta17:
-  version "0.11.0-beta17"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-pty/-/node-pty-0.11.0-beta17.tgz#7df6a60dced6bf7a3a282b65cf51980c68954af6"
-  integrity sha512-JALo4LgYKmzmmXI23CIfS6DpCuno647YJpNg3RT6jCKTHWrt+RHeB6JAlb/pJG9dFNSeaiIAWD+0waEg2AzlfA==
+node-pty@0.11.0-beta24:
+  version "0.11.0-beta24"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-pty/-/node-pty-0.11.0-beta24.tgz#084841017187656edaf14b459946c4a1d7cf8392"
+  integrity sha512-CzItw3hitX+wnpw9dHA/A+kcbV7ETNKrsyQJ+s0ZGzsu70+CSGuIGPLPfMnAc17vOrQktxjyRQfaqij75GVJFw==
   dependencies:
-    nan "^2.14.0"
+    nan "^2.17.0"
 
 node-releases@^2.0.14:
   version "2.0.14"