diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pty.py b/Lib/test/test_pty.py
index a2018e864445e1..7e4f4828ce0f8d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pty.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pty.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     is_android, is_apple_mobile, is_wasm32, reap_children, verbose, warnings_helper
 )
 from test.support.import_helper import import_module
-from test.support.os_helper import TESTFN, unlink
 
 # Skip these tests if termios is not available
 import_module('termios')
@@ -299,26 +298,27 @@ def test_master_read(self):
 
     @warnings_helper.ignore_fork_in_thread_deprecation_warnings()
     def test_spawn_doesnt_hang(self):
-        self.addCleanup(unlink, TESTFN)
-        with open(TESTFN, 'wb') as f:
-            STDOUT_FILENO = 1
-            dup_stdout = os.dup(STDOUT_FILENO)
-            os.dup2(f.fileno(), STDOUT_FILENO)
-            buf = b''
-            def master_read(fd):
-                nonlocal buf
-                data = os.read(fd, 1024)
-                buf += data
-                return data
+        # gh-140482: Do the test in a pty.fork() child to avoid messing
+        # with the interactive test runner's terminal settings.
+        pid, fd = pty.fork()
+        if pid == pty.CHILD:
+            pty.spawn([sys.executable, '-c', 'print("hi there")'])
+            os._exit(0)
+
+        try:
+            buf = bytearray()
             try:
-                pty.spawn([sys.executable, '-c', 'print("hi there")'],
-                          master_read)
-            finally:
-                os.dup2(dup_stdout, STDOUT_FILENO)
-                os.close(dup_stdout)
-        self.assertEqual(buf, b'hi there\r\n')
-        with open(TESTFN, 'rb') as f:
-            self.assertEqual(f.read(), b'hi there\r\n')
+                while (data := os.read(fd, 1024)) != b'':
+                    buf.extend(data)
+            except OSError as e:
+                if e.errno != errno.EIO:
+                    raise
+
+            (pid, status) = os.waitpid(pid, 0)
+            self.assertEqual(status, 0)
+            self.assertEqual(buf.take_bytes(), b"hi there\r\n")
+        finally:
+            os.close(fd)
 
 class SmallPtyTests(unittest.TestCase):
     """These tests don't spawn children or hang."""