diff --git a/test/runner/lib/executor.py b/test/runner/lib/executor.py
index 054b964c3b4..c3944301134 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/executor.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/executor.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import re
 import time
 import textwrap
 import functools
-import pipes
 import sys
 import hashlib
 import difflib
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@ from lib.util import (
     get_remote_completion,
     named_temporary_file,
     COVERAGE_OUTPUT_PATH,
+    cmd_quote,
 )
 
 from lib.docker_util import (
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def install_command_requirements(args, python_version=None):
 
         if changes:
             raise ApplicationError('Conflicts detected in requirements. The following commands reported changes during verification:\n%s' %
-                                   '\n'.join((' '.join(pipes.quote(c) for c in cmd) for cmd in changes)))
+                                   '\n'.join((' '.join(cmd_quote(c) for c in cmd) for cmd in changes)))
 
     # ask pip to check for conflicts between installed packages
     try:
diff --git a/test/runner/lib/manage_ci.py b/test/runner/lib/manage_ci.py
index 8376d06a1b6..0e1df84a899 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/manage_ci.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/manage_ci.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
 
 import os
-import pipes
 import tempfile
 import time
 
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ from lib.util import (
     ApplicationError,
     run_command,
     intercept_command,
+    cmd_quote,
 )
 
 from lib.core_ci import (
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class ManageWindowsCI(object):
             options.append('-tt')
 
         if isinstance(command, list):
-            command = ' '.join(pipes.quote(c) for c in command)
+            command = ' '.join(cmd_quote(c) for c in command)
 
         run_command(self.core_ci.args,
                     ['ssh', '-q'] + self.ssh_args +
@@ -273,14 +273,14 @@ class ManagePosixCI(object):
             options = []
 
         if isinstance(command, list):
-            command = ' '.join(pipes.quote(c) for c in command)
+            command = ' '.join(cmd_quote(c) for c in command)
 
         run_command(self.core_ci.args,
                     ['ssh', '-tt', '-q'] + self.ssh_args +
                     options +
                     ['-p', str(self.core_ci.connection.port),
                      '%s@%s' % (self.core_ci.connection.username, self.core_ci.connection.hostname)] +
-                    self.become + [pipes.quote(command)])
+                    self.become + [cmd_quote(command)])
 
     def scp(self, src, dst):
         """
diff --git a/test/runner/lib/util.py b/test/runner/lib/util.py
index 359e1250006..203aa714674 100644
--- a/test/runner/lib/util.py
+++ b/test/runner/lib/util.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import fcntl
 import inspect
 import json
 import os
-import pipes
 import pkgutil
 import random
 import re
@@ -38,6 +37,11 @@ except ImportError:
     # noinspection PyCompatibility
     from configparser import ConfigParser
 
+try:
+    from shlex import quote as cmd_quote
+except ImportError:
+    from pipes import quote as cmd_quote
+
 DOCKER_COMPLETION = {}  # type: dict[str, dict[str, str]]
 REMOTE_COMPLETION = {}  # type: dict[str, dict[str, str]]
 PYTHON_PATHS = {}  # type: dict[str, str]
@@ -389,7 +393,7 @@ def raw_command(cmd, capture=False, env=None, data=None, cwd=None, explain=False
 
     cmd = list(cmd)
 
-    escaped_cmd = ' '.join(pipes.quote(c) for c in cmd)
+    escaped_cmd = ' '.join(cmd_quote(c) for c in cmd)
 
     display.info('Run command: %s' % escaped_cmd, verbosity=cmd_verbosity, truncate=True)
     display.info('Working directory: %s' % cwd, verbosity=2)
@@ -763,7 +767,7 @@ class SubprocessError(ApplicationError):
         :type stderr: str | None
         :type runtime: float | None
         """
-        message = 'Command "%s" returned exit status %s.\n' % (' '.join(pipes.quote(c) for c in cmd), status)
+        message = 'Command "%s" returned exit status %s.\n' % (' '.join(cmd_quote(c) for c in cmd), status)
 
         if stderr:
             message += '>>> Standard Error\n'