diff --git a/test/integration/test_kubernetes_runner.py b/test/integration/test_kubernetes_runner.py
index 0e1389f914d..f988ca4c585 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_kubernetes_runner.py
+++ b/test/integration/test_kubernetes_runner.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import collections
 import json
 import os
+import shlex
 import string
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
@@ -323,7 +324,13 @@ class BaseKubernetesIntegrationTestCase(BaseJobEnvironmentIntegrationTestCase, M
         self._wait_for_external_state(sa_session=sa_session, job=job, expected=app.model.Job.states.RUNNING)
 
         external_id = job.job_runner_external_id
-        output = unicodify(subprocess.check_output(["kubectl", "logs", "-l", f"job-name={external_id}"]))
+        log_cmd = ["kubectl", "logs", "-l", f"job-name={external_id}"]
+        p = subprocess.run(log_cmd)
+        if p.returncode:
+            raise Exception(
+                f"Command '{shlex.join(log_cmd)}' failed with exit code: {p.returncode}.\nstdout: {p.stdout}\nstderr: {p.stderr}"
+            )
+        output = p.stdout
         EXPECTED_STDOUT = "The bool is not true"
         EXPECTED_STDERR = "The bool is very not true"
         assert EXPECTED_STDOUT in output