diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index b325642..08d8e89 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    git-fastclone (1.4.2)
+    git-fastclone (1.4.3)
       colorize
 
 GEM
diff --git a/lib/git-fastclone.rb b/lib/git-fastclone.rb
index d68403b..56f8c51 100644
--- a/lib/git-fastclone.rb
+++ b/lib/git-fastclone.rb
@@ -225,10 +225,9 @@ def clone(url, rev, src_dir, config)
 
       # Only checkout if we're changing branches to a non-default branch
       if rev
-        Dir.chdir(File.join(abs_clone_path, src_dir)) do
-          fail_on_error('git', 'checkout', '--quiet', rev.to_s, quiet: !verbose,
-                                                                print_on_failure: print_git_errors)
-        end
+        fail_on_error('git', 'checkout', '--quiet', rev.to_s, quiet: !verbose,
+                                                              print_on_failure: print_git_errors,
+                                                              chdir: File.join(abs_clone_path, src_dir))
       end
 
       update_submodules(src_dir, url)
@@ -250,11 +249,9 @@ def update_submodules(pwd, url)
 
       threads = []
       submodule_url_list = []
-      output = ''
-      Dir.chdir(File.join(abs_clone_path, pwd).to_s) do
-        output = fail_on_error('git', 'submodule', 'init', quiet: !verbose,
-                                                           print_on_failure: print_git_errors)
-      end
+      output = fail_on_error('git', 'submodule', 'init', quiet: !verbose,
+                                                         print_on_failure: print_git_errors,
+                                                         chdir: File.join(abs_clone_path, pwd))
 
       output.split("\n").each do |line|
         submodule_path, submodule_url = parse_update_info(line)
@@ -270,11 +267,10 @@ def update_submodules(pwd, url)
     def thread_update_submodule(submodule_url, submodule_path, threads, pwd)
       threads << Thread.new do
         with_git_mirror(submodule_url) do |mirror, _|
-          Dir.chdir(File.join(abs_clone_path, pwd).to_s) do
-            cmd = ['git', 'submodule', verbose ? nil : '--quiet', 'update', '--reference', mirror.to_s,
-                   submodule_path.to_s].compact
-            fail_on_error(*cmd, quiet: !verbose, print_on_failure: print_git_errors)
-          end
+          cmd = ['git', 'submodule',
+                 verbose ? nil : '--quiet', 'update', '--reference', mirror.to_s, submodule_path.to_s].compact
+          fail_on_error(*cmd, quiet: !verbose, print_on_failure: print_git_errors,
+                              chdir: File.join(abs_clone_path, pwd))
         end
 
         update_submodules(File.join(pwd, submodule_path), submodule_url)
@@ -350,10 +346,9 @@ def store_updated_repo(url, mirror, repo_name, fail_hard)
                       quiet: !verbose, print_on_failure: print_git_errors)
       end
 
-      Dir.chdir(mirror) do
-        cmd = ['git', 'remote', verbose ? '--verbose' : nil, 'update', '--prune'].compact
-        fail_on_error(*cmd, quiet: !verbose, print_on_failure: print_git_errors)
-      end
+      cmd = ['git', 'remote', verbose ? '--verbose' : nil, 'update', '--prune'].compact
+      fail_on_error(*cmd, quiet: !verbose, print_on_failure: print_git_errors, chdir: mirror)
+
       reference_updated[repo_name] = true
     rescue RunnerExecutionRuntimeError => e
       # To avoid corruption of the cache, if we failed to update or check out we remove
diff --git a/lib/git-fastclone/version.rb b/lib/git-fastclone/version.rb
index d7bf002..3b2bd80 100644
--- a/lib/git-fastclone/version.rb
+++ b/lib/git-fastclone/version.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 # Version string for git-fastclone
 module GitFastCloneVersion
-  VERSION = '1.4.2'
+  VERSION = '1.4.3'
 end
diff --git a/spec/git_fastclone_runner_spec.rb b/spec/git_fastclone_runner_spec.rb
index 8148502..b90d4fd 100644
--- a/spec/git_fastclone_runner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/git_fastclone_runner_spec.rb
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ def create_lockfile_double
     before(:each) do
       allow(runner_execution_double).to receive(:fail_on_error) {}
       allow(Dir).to receive(:pwd) { '/pwd' }
-      allow(Dir).to receive(:chdir).and_yield
       allow(subject).to receive(:with_git_mirror).and_yield('/cache', 0)
       expect(subject).to receive(:clear_clone_dest_if_needed).once {}
     end
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ def create_lockfile_double
     it 'should clone correctly' do
       expect(subject).to receive(:fail_on_error).with(
         'git', 'checkout', '--quiet', 'PH',
-        { quiet: true, print_on_failure: false }
+        { chdir: '/pwd/.', print_on_failure: false, quiet: true }
       ) { runner_execution_double }
       expect(subject).to receive(:fail_on_error).with(
         'git', 'clone', '--quiet', '--reference', '/cache', 'PH', '/pwd/.',
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ def create_lockfile_double
       subject.verbose = true
       expect(subject).to receive(:fail_on_error).with(
         'git', 'checkout', '--quiet', 'PH',
-        { quiet: false, print_on_failure: false }
+        { chdir: '/pwd/.', print_on_failure: false, quiet: false }
       ) { runner_execution_double }
       expect(subject).to receive(:fail_on_error).with(
         'git', 'clone', '--verbose', '--reference', '/cache', 'PH', '/pwd/.',
@@ -338,7 +337,6 @@ def create_lockfile_double
 
     it 'should correctly update the hash' do
       allow(subject).to receive(:fail_on_error)
-      allow(Dir).to receive(:chdir) {}
 
       subject.reference_updated = placeholder_hash
       subject.store_updated_repo(placeholder_arg, placeholder_arg, placeholder_arg, false)
@@ -389,7 +387,6 @@ def try_with_git_mirror(responses, results)
         expected_command = expected_commands.shift
         expect(command).to eq(expected_command)
       }
-      allow(Dir).to receive(:chdir).and_yield
 
       allow(subject).to receive(:print_formatted_error) {}
       allow(subject).to receive(:reference_repo_dir).and_return(test_reference_repo_dir)
@@ -404,7 +401,8 @@ def clone_cmds(verbose: false)
       [
         ['git', 'clone', verbose ? '--verbose' : '--quiet', '--mirror', test_url_valid,
          test_reference_repo_dir],
-        ['git', 'remote', verbose ? '--verbose' : nil, 'update', '--prune'].compact
+        ['git', 'remote', verbose ? '--verbose' : nil, 'update',
+         '--prune'].compact
       ]
     end