diff --git a/internal/plugin/runtime_subprocess_getter.go b/internal/plugin/runtime_subprocess_getter.go
index 6a41b149f..f32f288ca 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/runtime_subprocess_getter.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/runtime_subprocess_getter.go
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ limitations under the License.
 package plugin
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"maps"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
 
diff --git a/internal/plugin/runtime_subprocess_getter.go.orig b/internal/plugin/runtime_subprocess_getter.go.orig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a41b149f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/plugin/runtime_subprocess_getter.go.orig
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*
+Copyright The Helm Authors.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package plugin
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"maps"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
+
+	"helm.sh/helm/v4/internal/plugin/schema"
+)
+
+func getProtocolCommand(commands []SubprocessProtocolCommand, protocol string) *SubprocessProtocolCommand {
+	for _, c := range commands {
+		if slices.Contains(c.Protocols, protocol) {
+			return &c
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// TODO can we replace a lot of this func with RuntimeSubprocess.invokeWithEnv?
+func (r *SubprocessPluginRuntime) runGetter(input *Input) (*Output, error) {
+	msg, ok := (input.Message).(schema.InputMessageGetterV1)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected input type schema.InputMessageGetterV1, got %T", input)
+	}
+
+	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), fmt.Sprintf("helm-plugin-%s-", r.metadata.Name))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create temporary directory: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+
+	d := getProtocolCommand(r.RuntimeConfig.ProtocolCommands, msg.Protocol)
+	if d == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no downloader found for protocol %q", msg.Protocol)
+	}
+
+	env := parseEnv(os.Environ())
+	maps.Insert(env, maps.All(r.EnvVars))
+	maps.Insert(env, maps.All(parseEnv(input.Env)))
+	env["HELM_PLUGIN_NAME"] = r.metadata.Name
+	env["HELM_PLUGIN_DIR"] = r.pluginDir
+	env["HELM_PLUGIN_USERNAME"] = msg.Options.Username
+	env["HELM_PLUGIN_PASSWORD"] = msg.Options.Password
+	env["HELM_PLUGIN_PASS_CREDENTIALS_ALL"] = fmt.Sprintf("%t", msg.Options.PassCredentialsAll)
+
+	command, args, err := PrepareCommands(d.PlatformCommand, false, []string{}, env)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to prepare commands for protocol %q: %w", msg.Protocol, err)
+	}
+
+	args = append(
+		args,
+		msg.Options.CertFile,
+		msg.Options.KeyFile,
+		msg.Options.CAFile,
+		msg.Href)
+
+	buf := bytes.Buffer{} // subprocess getters are expected to write content to stdout
+
+	pluginCommand := filepath.Join(r.pluginDir, command)
+	cmd := exec.Command(
+		pluginCommand,
+		args...)
+	cmd.Env = formatEnv(env)
+	cmd.Stdout = &buf
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+
+	slog.Debug("executing plugin command", slog.String("pluginName", r.metadata.Name), slog.String("command", cmd.String()))
+	if err := executeCmd(cmd, r.metadata.Name); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &Output{
+		Message: schema.OutputMessageGetterV1{
+			Data: buf.Bytes(),
+		},
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/plugin/runtime_subprocess_getter.go.rej b/internal/plugin/runtime_subprocess_getter.go.rej
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3a0ebff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/plugin/runtime_subprocess_getter.go.rej
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- internal/plugin/runtime_subprocess_getter.go
++++ internal/plugin/runtime_subprocess_getter.go
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+ package plugin
+ 
+ import (
++	"filepath"
+ 	"os/exec"
+ 	"strings"
+ )
+@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ func (r *RuntimeSubprocessGetter) Get(name string) (*Plugin, error) {
+ 		return nil, err
+ 	}
+ 
+-	cmd := exec.Command(p.Metadata.Command, args...)
++	cleanCmd := filepath.Clean(p.Metadata.Command)
++	cmd := exec.Command(cleanCmd, args...)
+ 	cmd.Env = os.Environ()
+ 	
+ 	return p, nil