diff --git a/src/utils/ping.py b/src/utils/ping.py
index b07ff3b..949eb9a 100644
--- a/src/utils/ping.py
+++ b/src/utils/ping.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 def ping_host(host: str) -> str:
     """Ping a hostname / IP and return the stdout."""
     proc = subprocess.run(
-        f"ping -c 1 {host}",
-        shell=True,
+        ["ping", "-c", "1", host],
         capture_output=True,
         text=True,
         timeout=10,