diff --git a/src/quarto.ts b/src/quarto.ts
index 54f4b3f00da..a0c61b831c1 100644
--- a/src/quarto.ts
+++ b/src/quarto.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export async function quarto(
   await checkReconfiguration();
   checkVersionRequirement();
   if (args[0] === "pandoc" && args[1] !== "help") {
-    await passThroughPandoc(args.slice(1), env);
+    await passThroughPandoc(args, env);
   }
   if (args[0] === "typst") {
     await passThroughTypst(args, env);
diff --git a/tests/smoke/run/command-passthrough.test.ts b/tests/smoke/run/command-passthrough.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db89356b3fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/smoke/run/command-passthrough.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { assert } from "testing/asserts";
+import { execProcess } from "../../../src/core/process.ts";
+import { quartoDevCmd } from "../../utils.ts";
+import { unitTest } from "../../test.ts";
+
+const testPassthroughCmd = (name: string, command: string, args: string[]) => {
+  unitTest(name, async () => {
+    const result = await execProcess({
+      cmd: [
+        quartoDevCmd(),
+        command,
+        ...args,
+      ]
+    });
+    assert(result.success);
+  });
+}
+
+// Check Pandoc passthrough
+testPassthroughCmd("passthrough-pandoc", "pandoc", ["--version"]);
+// Check Typst passthrough
+testPassthroughCmd("passthrough-typst", "typst", ["--version"]);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test.ts b/tests/test.ts
index 676eaa62fcd..c346a0f2b60 100644
--- a/tests/test.ts
+++ b/tests/test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 *
 */
 import { existsSync } from "../src/deno_ral/fs.ts";
-import { fail } from "testing/asserts";
+import { AssertionError, fail } from "testing/asserts";
 import { warning } from "../src/deno_ral/log.ts";
 import { initDenoDom } from "../src/core/deno-dom.ts";
 
@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ export function unitTest(
       {
         name: `${name}`,
         verify: async (_outputs: ExecuteOutput[]) => {
-          await ver();
+          const timeout = new Promise((_resolve, reject) => {
+            setTimeout(() => reject(new AssertionError(`timed out after 2 minutes. Something may be wrong with verify function in the test '${name}'.`)), 120000);
+          });
+          await Promise.race([ver(), timeout]);
         },
       },
     ],