diff --git a/awx/main/expect/run.py b/awx/main/expect/run.py
index ed26464c8e..c443fcc165 100755
--- a/awx/main/expect/run.py
+++ b/awx/main/expect/run.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def run_pexpect(args, cwd, env, logfile,
 
     child = pexpect.spawn(
         args[0], args[1:], cwd=cwd, env=env, ignore_sighup=True,
-        encoding='utf-8', echo=False
+        encoding='utf-8', echo=False, poll=True
     )
     child.logfile_read = logfile
     canceled = False
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.in b/requirements/requirements.in
index f1ff3cd0bb..17b7b95e17 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements/requirements.in
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jsonschema==2.6.0
 M2Crypto==0.29.0
 Markdown==2.6.11
 ordereddict==1.1
-pexpect==4.5.0
+pexpect==4.6.0
 psphere==0.5.2
 psutil==5.4.3
 psycopg2==2.7.3.2   # problems with Segmentation faults / wheels on upgrade
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index d81700b47d..a45f3453de 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ os-service-types==1.2.0   # via openstacksdk
 packaging==17.1           # via deprecation
 pathlib2==2.3.0           # via azure-datalake-store
 pbr==3.1.1                # via keystoneauth1, openstacksdk, os-service-types, shade, stevedore
-pexpect==4.5.0
+pexpect==4.6.0
 psphere==0.5.2
 psutil==5.4.3
 psycopg2==2.7.3.2
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_ansible.in b/requirements/requirements_ansible.in
index e63f24d083..26ecc32c44 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_ansible.in
+++ b/requirements/requirements_ansible.in
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ backports.ssl-match-hostname==3.5.0.1
 boto==2.47.0    # last which does not break ec2 scripts
 boto3==1.6.2
 ovirt-engine-sdk-python==4.2.4    # minimum set inside Ansible facts module requirements
-pexpect==4.5.0    # same as AWX requirement
+pexpect==4.6.0    # same as AWX requirement
 python-memcached==1.59    # same as AWX requirement
 psphere==0.5.2
 psutil==5.4.3    # same as AWX requirement
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_ansible.txt b/requirements/requirements_ansible.txt
index 63f43d36d6..b1bde836ec 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_ansible.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_ansible.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ os-service-types==1.2.0   # via openstacksdk
 ovirt-engine-sdk-python==4.2.4
 packaging==17.1           # via deprecation
 paramiko==2.4.0           # via azure-cli-core
-pexpect==4.5.0
+pexpect==4.6.0
 pbr==3.1.1                # via keystoneauth1, openstacksdk, os-service-types, shade, stevedore
 psphere==0.5.2
 psutil==5.4.3
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_isolated.txt b/requirements/requirements_isolated.txt
index a7df0a2fa6..58113b56d4 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_isolated.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_isolated.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 psutil==5.4.3     # same as AWX requirement
-pexpect==4.5.0    # same as AWX requirement
+pexpect==4.6.0    # same as AWX requirement
 python-daemon==2.1.2