diff --git a/iticli/cli.py b/iticli/cli.py
index 4328c3f..12550e3 100644
--- a/iticli/cli.py
+++ b/iticli/cli.py
@@ -560,8 +560,31 @@ def update_self() -> int:
 
 def run(cmd: Sequence[str], cwd: Path, extra_env: dict[str, str] | None = None) -> int:
     env = project_env(cwd, extra_env)
-    completed = subprocess.run(list(cmd), cwd=str(cwd), env=env, check=False)
-    return int(completed.returncode)
+    process = subprocess.Popen(list(cmd), cwd=str(cwd), env=env)
+    try:
+        return int(process.wait())
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        _wait_after_keyboard_interrupt(process)
+        return 130
+
+
+def _wait_after_keyboard_interrupt(process: subprocess.Popen) -> None:
+    try:
+        process.wait(timeout=30)
+        return
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        process.terminate()
+    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+        process.terminate()
+
+    try:
+        process.wait(timeout=5)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        process.kill()
+        process.wait()
+    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+        process.kill()
+        process.wait()
 
 
 def project_env(root: Path, extra_env: dict[str, str] | None = None) -> dict[str, str]:
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 1f5415c..28a5dda 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from pathlib import Path
+import subprocess
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ from iticli.cli import (
     parse_run_args,
     resolve_worker_module,
     resolve_update_packages,
+    run,
     update_sync_cmd,
     update_pyproject_git_tags,
     version_is_newer,
@@ -33,6 +35,71 @@ def write(path: Path, text: str) -> None:
     path.write_text(text, encoding="utf-8")
 
 
+def test_run_returns_130_after_keyboard_interrupt(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    class DummyProcess:
+        def __init__(self) -> None:
+            self.wait_calls: list[int | None] = []
+
+        def wait(self, timeout: int | None = None) -> int:
+            self.wait_calls.append(timeout)
+            if timeout is None:
+                raise KeyboardInterrupt
+            return 0
+
+        def terminate(self) -> None:
+            raise AssertionError("terminate should not be called after graceful child exit")
+
+        def kill(self) -> None:
+            raise AssertionError("kill should not be called after graceful child exit")
+
+    process = DummyProcess()
+
+    def fake_popen(cmd: list[str], cwd: str, env: dict[str, str]) -> DummyProcess:
+        assert cmd == ["demo"]
+        assert cwd == str(tmp_path)
+        assert env["PYTHONPATH"]
+        return process
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(subprocess, "Popen", fake_popen)
+
+    assert run(["demo"], tmp_path, extra_env={"PYTHONPATH": "."}) == 130
+    assert process.wait_calls == [None, 30]
+
+
+def test_run_terminates_child_when_interrupt_shutdown_times_out(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+    tmp_path: Path,
+) -> None:
+    class DummyProcess:
+        def __init__(self) -> None:
+            self.terminated = False
+            self.killed = False
+
+        def wait(self, timeout: int | None = None) -> int:
+            if timeout is None:
+                raise KeyboardInterrupt
+            if timeout == 30:
+                raise subprocess.TimeoutExpired(["demo"], timeout)
+            return 0
+
+        def terminate(self) -> None:
+            self.terminated = True
+
+        def kill(self) -> None:
+            self.killed = True
+
+    process = DummyProcess()
+
+    def fake_popen(cmd: list[str], cwd: str, env: dict[str, str]) -> DummyProcess:
+        return process
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(subprocess, "Popen", fake_popen)
+
+    assert run(["demo"], tmp_path) == 130
+    assert process.terminated is True
+    assert process.killed is False
+
+
 def test_detect_framework_project(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     write(
         tmp_path / "pyproject.toml",