diff --git a/src/system-health/health_checker/service_checker.py b/src/system-health/health_checker/service_checker.py
index 674ad9944280..c81948a7ae25 100644
--- a/src/system-health/health_checker/service_checker.py
+++ b/src/system-health/health_checker/service_checker.py
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ class ServiceChecker(HealthChecker):
     CRITICAL_PROCESSES_PATH = 'etc/supervisor/critical_processes'
 
     # Command to get merged directory of a container
-    GET_CONTAINER_FOLDER_CMD = 'docker inspect {} --format "{{{{.GraphDriver.Data.MergedDir}}}}"'
+    GET_CONTAINER_FOLDER_CMD = ['docker', 'inspect', '', '--format', "{{.GraphDriver.Data.MergedDir}}"]
 
     # Command to query the status of monit service.
-    CHECK_MONIT_SERVICE_CMD = 'systemctl is-active monit.service'
+    CHECK_MONIT_SERVICE_CMD = ['systemctl', 'is-active', 'monit.service']
 
     # Command to get summary of critical system service.
-    CHECK_CMD = 'monit summary -B'
+    CHECK_CMD = ['monit', 'summary', '-B']
     MIN_CHECK_CMD_LINES = 3
 
     # Expect status for different system service category.
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ def _update_container_critical_processes(self, container, critical_process_list)
         self.need_save_cache = True
 
     def _get_container_folder(self, container):
-        container_folder = utils.run_command(ServiceChecker.GET_CONTAINER_FOLDER_CMD.format(container))
+        ServiceChecker.GET_CONTAINER_FOLDER_CMD[2] = str(container)
+        container_folder = utils.run_command(ServiceChecker.GET_CONTAINER_FOLDER_CMD)
         if container_folder is None:
             return container_folder
 
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ def check_process_existence(self, container_name, critical_process_list, config,
                 # We are using supervisorctl status to check the critical process status. We cannot leverage psutil here because
                 # it not always possible to get process cmdline in supervisor.conf. E.g, cmdline of orchagent is "/usr/bin/orchagent",
                 # however, in supervisor.conf it is "/usr/bin/orchagent.sh"
-                cmd = 'docker exec {} bash -c "supervisorctl status"'.format(container_name)
+                cmd = ['docker', 'exec', str(container_name), 'bash', '-c', "supervisorctl status"]
                 process_status = utils.run_command(cmd)
                 if process_status is None:
                     for process_name in critical_process_list:
diff --git a/src/system-health/health_checker/sysmonitor.py b/src/system-health/health_checker/sysmonitor.py
index e69d289fc537..e4dbc68ebf1d 100755
--- a/src/system-health/health_checker/sysmonitor.py
+++ b/src/system-health/health_checker/sysmonitor.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def get_app_ready_status(self, service):
 
     #Gets the service properties
     def run_systemctl_show(self, service):
-        command = ('systemctl show {} --property=Id,LoadState,UnitFileState,Type,ActiveState,SubState,Result'.format(service))
+        command = ['systemctl', 'show', str(service), '--property=Id,LoadState,UnitFileState,Type,ActiveState,SubState,Result']
         output = utils.run_command(command)
         srv_properties = output.split('\n')
         prop_dict = {}
diff --git a/src/system-health/health_checker/utils.py b/src/system-health/health_checker/utils.py
index 00e7754e1ec2..338ef1d3afe5 100644
--- a/src/system-health/health_checker/utils.py
+++ b/src/system-health/health_checker/utils.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def run_command(command):
     :return: Output of the shell command.
     """
     try:
-        process = subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True, universal_newlines=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        process = subprocess.Popen(command, universal_newlines=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
         return process.communicate()[0]
     except Exception:
         return None
diff --git a/src/system-health/tests/test_system_health.py b/src/system-health/tests/test_system_health.py
index d58c69bececa..ab0a3bcb1145 100644
--- a/src/system-health/tests/test_system_health.py
+++ b/src/system-health/tests/test_system_health.py
@@ -504,10 +504,10 @@ def test_manager(mock_hw_info, mock_service_info, mock_udc_info):
     manager._set_system_led(chassis, manager.config, 'normal')
 
 def test_utils():
-    output = utils.run_command('some invalid command')
+    output = utils.run_command(['some', 'invalid', 'command'])
     assert not output
 
-    output = utils.run_command('ls')
+    output = utils.run_command(['ls'])
     assert output