diff --git a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/data_mover/cli.py b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/data_mover/cli.py
index 2c3d7ba78..6aef6587a 100644
--- a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/data_mover/cli.py
+++ b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/data_mover/cli.py
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
 logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
 
+def main():
+    try:
+        cli(standalone_mode=False)
+        sys.exit(0)
+    except Exception as e:
+        DataMover.send_failure(str(e))
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
 @click.group()
 def cli():
     pass
@@ -58,9 +67,4 @@ def copy(source, destination):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    try:
-        cli(standalone_mode=False)
-        sys.exit(0)
-    except Exception as e:
-        DataMover.send_failure(str(e))
-        sys.exit(1)
+    main()
diff --git a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/data_mover/data_mover.py b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/data_mover/data_mover.py
index 7b616bde0..24fa56730 100644
--- a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/data_mover/data_mover.py
+++ b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/data_mover/data_mover.py
@@ -41,14 +41,15 @@ def sync(self):
             out = subprocess.run(
                 ["aws", "s3", "sync", self.source, self.destination],
                 check=True,
-                # 1 day
                 timeout=self.timeout,
+                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
             )
-            self.logger.info(out.stdout)
+            self.logger.info(str(out.stdout))
 
-            self.output += out.stdout or ""
+            self.output += str(out.stdout) or ""
 
-        if out.stdout is not None:
+        if out.stdout != b"":
             raise Exception("failed to sync - non-empty output")
 
     def delete(self):
@@ -60,12 +61,13 @@ def delete(self):
         out = subprocess.run(
             ["aws", "s3", "rm", "--recursive", self.source],
             check=True,
-            # 1 day
             timeout=self.timeout,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
         )
-        self.logger.info(out.stdout)
+        self.logger.info(str(out.stdout))
 
-        self.output += out.stdout or ""
+        self.output += str(out.stdout) or ""
 
     def send_output(self):
         """
diff --git a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/poetry.lock b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/poetry.lock
index 2b73ac6a9..d47baea65 100644
--- a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/poetry.lock
+++ b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/poetry.lock
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "boto3"
-version = "1.35.71"
+version = "1.35.72"
 description = "The AWS SDK for Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "boto3-1.35.71-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e2969a246bb3208122b3c349c49cc6604c6fc3fc2b2f65d99d3e8ccd745b0c16"},
-    {file = "boto3-1.35.71.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3ed7172b3d4fceb6218bb0ec3668c4d40c03690939c2fca4f22bb875d741a07f"},
+    {file = "boto3-1.35.72-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:410bb4ec676c57ee9c3c7824b7b1a3721584f18f8ee8ccc8e8ecdf285136b77f"},
+    {file = "boto3-1.35.72.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f9fc94413a959c388b1654c6687a5193293f3c69f8d0af3b86fd48b4096a23f3"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-botocore = ">=1.35.71,<1.36.0"
+botocore = ">=1.35.72,<1.36.0"
 jmespath = ">=0.7.1,<2.0.0"
 s3transfer = ">=0.10.0,<0.11.0"
 
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ crt = ["botocore[crt] (>=1.21.0,<2.0a0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "botocore"
-version = "1.35.71"
+version = "1.35.72"
 description = "Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "botocore-1.35.71-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:fc46e7ab1df3cef66dfba1633f4da77c75e07365b36f03bd64a3793634be8fc1"},
-    {file = "botocore-1.35.71.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f9fa058e0393660c3fe53c1e044751beb64b586def0bd2212448a7c328b0cbba"},
+    {file = "botocore-1.35.72-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7412877c3f766a1bfd09236e225ce1f0dc2c35e47949ae423e56e2093c8fa23a"},
+    {file = "botocore-1.35.72.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6b5fac38ef7cfdbc7781a751e0f78833ccb9149ba815bc238b1dbb75c90fbae5"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
diff --git a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/pyproject.toml b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/pyproject.toml
index f65816583..6ef06a639 100644
--- a/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/workload/stateless/stacks/data-migrate/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ requires = ["poetry-core"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
-dm = "data_mover.cli:cli"
+dm = "data_mover.cli:main"