diff --git a/tasks/update_component_info.rake b/tasks/update_component_info.rake
index 43b1ac67..b2185213 100644
--- a/tasks/update_component_info.rake
+++ b/tasks/update_component_info.rake
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
 require 'json'
+require 'open3'
 
 FIRST_TAG = '202501080'.freeze # First tag to include when regenerating
 IGNORED_PLATFORMS = %w[aix solaris redhatfips windowsfips el-6 osx sles-11 windows-2012r2 ppc64le armhf i386].freeze
 INCLUDED_PROJECTS = %w[agent-runtime openbolt-runtime].freeze
 
+def run(cmd, action)
+  output, status = Open3.capture2e(cmd)
+  abort "Failed to #{action}: #{output}" unless status.success?
+
+  output
+end
+
 def platforms
   # First item will be a `- Platforms` header. Also exclude
   # any platforms we don't actually build for or have problems parsing.
-  `bundle exec vanagon list -l`.split("\n")[1..]
-                               .reject { |p| p =~ /(#{IGNORED_PLATFORMS.join('|')})/ }
+  output = run('bundle exec vanagon list -l', 'list platforms')
+  output.split("\n")[1..]
+        .reject { |p| p =~ /(#{IGNORED_PLATFORMS.join('|')})/ }
 end
 
 def projects
@@ -16,8 +25,9 @@ def projects
   # any projects prefixed with '_' as these are not real projects and
   # are shared between projects. Also ignore any projects we don't care
   # about.
-  `bundle exec vanagon list -r`.split("\n")[1..]
-                               .reject { |p| p.start_with?('_') || p !~ /^(#{INCLUDED_PROJECTS.join('|')})/ }
+  output = run('bundle exec vanagon list -r', 'list projects')
+  output.split("\n")[1..]
+        .reject { |p| p.start_with?('_') || p !~ /^(#{INCLUDED_PROJECTS.join('|')})/ }
 end
 
 # Sometimes the version is a git ref so extract
@@ -37,7 +47,8 @@ def component_info
 
     platforms.each do |platform|
       puts "  #{platform}"
-      platform_data = JSON.parse(`bundle exec vanagon inspect #{project} #{platform}`)
+      output = run("bundle exec vanagon inspect #{project} #{platform}", "inspect #{project} on #{platform}")
+      platform_data = JSON.parse(output)
       project_data[project][platform] = platform_data.map { |h| [h['name'], h['version'] || h.dig('options', 'ref')] }.to_h
     end
   end
@@ -76,18 +87,16 @@ namespace :vox do
   desc 'Regenerate component_info.json with all tags'
   task :regenerate_component_info do
     # Clone a copy of the repo to avoid messing up the current working dir
-    `git clone https://github.com/openvoxproject/puppet-runtime puppet-runtime-tmp`
+    run('git clone https://github.com/openvoxproject/puppet-runtime puppet-runtime-tmp', 'clone puppet-runtime repo')
     begin
       all_data = {}
       Dir.chdir('puppet-runtime-tmp') do
-        `git fetch origin --tags --prune --prune-tags`
-        `git tag --sort=creatordate | awk '$0=="#{FIRST_TAG}"{seen=1; next} seen'`.split("\n").each do |tag|
+        run('git fetch origin --tags --prune --prune-tags', 'fetch tags')
+        output = run("git tag --sort=creatordate | awk '$0==\"#{FIRST_TAG}\"{seen=1; next} seen'", 'list tags')
+        output.split("\n").each do |tag|
           puts "Checking out tag #{tag}..."
-          `git checkout #{tag}`
-          Bundler.with_unbundled_env do
-            `BUNDLER_GEMFILE=./Gemfile bundle install --path .bundle`
-            all_data[tag] = component_info
-          end
+          run("git checkout #{tag}", "checkout #{tag}")
+          all_data[tag] = component_info
         end
       end
       # Reverse order to latest is on top