diff --git a/packages/process/package.json b/packages/process/package.json
index 713d6dee59f44..0606b5165ef95 100644
--- a/packages/process/package.json
+++ b/packages/process/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "Theia process support.",
   "dependencies": {
     "@theia/core": "1.48.0",
-    "node-pty": "1.0.0",
+    "node-pty": "1.1.0-beta5",
     "string-argv": "^0.1.1",
     "tslib": "^2.6.2"
   },
diff --git a/packages/process/src/common/process-manager-types.ts b/packages/process/src/common/process-manager-types.ts
index 01653487f8e6b..a8af2d0585a6a 100644
--- a/packages/process/src/common/process-manager-types.ts
+++ b/packages/process/src/common/process-manager-types.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export interface IProcessExitEvent {
  * Data emitted when a process has been successfully started.
  */
 export interface IProcessStartEvent {
+    readonly pid?: number;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/process/src/node/process.ts b/packages/process/src/node/process.ts
index 490ee09015563..a30e7b38dd81c 100644
--- a/packages/process/src/node/process.ts
+++ b/packages/process/src/node/process.ts
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ export abstract class Process implements ManagedProcess {
         return this.closeEmitter.event;
     }
 
-    protected emitOnStarted(): void {
-        this.startEmitter.fire({});
+    protected emitOnStarted(event?: IProcessStartEvent): void {
+        this.startEmitter.fire(event ?? {});
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/packages/process/src/node/terminal-process.spec.ts b/packages/process/src/node/terminal-process.spec.ts
index 9e73207078d40..20424df10ac8b 100644
--- a/packages/process/src/node/terminal-process.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/process/src/node/terminal-process.spec.ts
@@ -38,14 +38,34 @@ describe('TerminalProcess', function (): void {
     this.timeout(20_000);
 
     it('test error on non existent path', async function (): Promise<void> {
-        const error = await new Promise<ProcessErrorEvent>((resolve, reject) => {
-            const proc = terminalProcessFactory({ command: '/non-existent' });
-            proc.onStart(reject);
-            proc.onError(resolve);
-            proc.onExit(reject);
-        });
+        try {
+            const error = await new Promise<ProcessErrorEvent>((resolve, reject) => {
+                try {
+                    const proc = terminalProcessFactory({ command: '/non-existent' });
+                    proc.onStart(e => {
+                        console.log('onStart', e);
+                        reject(e);
+                    });
+                    proc.onError(e => {
+                        console.log('onError', e);
+                        resolve(e);
+                    });
+                    proc.onExit(e => {
+                        console.log('onExit', e);
+                        reject(e);
+                    });
+                } catch (err) {
+                    reject(err);
+                }
+            });
+
+            console.log('test error on non existent path', error);
+            expect(error.code).eq('ENOENT');
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.log('test error on non existent path', err);
+            expect(err.code).eq('ENOENT');
+        }
 
-        expect(error.code).eq('ENOENT');
     });
 
     it('test implicit .exe (Windows only)', async function (): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 900f027315dd8..c438266377b01 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8594,10 +8594,10 @@ node-preload@^0.2.1:
   dependencies:
     process-on-spawn "^1.0.0"
 
-node-pty@1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-pty/-/node-pty-1.0.0.tgz#7daafc0aca1c4ca3de15c61330373af4af5861fd"
-  integrity sha512-wtBMWWS7dFZm/VgqElrTvtfMq4GzJ6+edFI0Y0zyzygUSZMgZdraDUMUhCIvkjhJjme15qWmbyJbtAx4ot4uZA==
+node-pty@1.1.0-beta5:
+  version "1.1.0-beta5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-pty/-/node-pty-1.1.0-beta5.tgz#364386b7058a93070234064f13164ec1ef914993"
+  integrity sha512-j3QdgFHnLY0JWxztrvM3g67RaQLOGvytv+C6mFu0PqD+JILlzqfwuoyqRqVxdZZjoOTUXPfSRj1qPVCaCH+eOw==
   dependencies:
     nan "^2.17.0"