diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Module/MagentoWebDriver.php b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Module/MagentoWebDriver.php
index 215438420..c1ab892d7 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Module/MagentoWebDriver.php
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Module/MagentoWebDriver.php
@@ -517,11 +517,13 @@ public function scrollToTopOfPage()
      */
     public function magentoCLI($command, $arguments = null)
     {
-        try {
-            return $this->shellExecMagentoCLI($command, $arguments);
-        } catch (\Exception $exception) {
-            return $this->curlExecMagentoCLI($command, $arguments);
-        }
+        return $this->curlExecMagentoCLI($command, $arguments);
+        //TODO: calling bin/magento from pipeline is timing out, needs investigation (ref: MQE-1774)
+//        try {
+//            return $this->shellExecMagentoCLI($command, $arguments);
+//        } catch (\Exception $exception) {
+//            return $this->curlExecMagentoCLI($command, $arguments);
+//        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -837,6 +839,7 @@ public function makeScreenshot($name = null)
      *
      * @throws \RuntimeException
      * @return string
+     * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.UnusedPrivateMethod)
      */
     private function shellExecMagentoCLI($command, $arguments): string
     {