diff --git a/crates/rust-release-manifest/src/transparency.rs b/crates/rust-release-manifest/src/transparency.rs
index 9b5b566..d4085b6 100644
--- a/crates/rust-release-manifest/src/transparency.rs
+++ b/crates/rust-release-manifest/src/transparency.rs
@@ -724,7 +724,10 @@ pub(crate) fn curl_stdin_config(access_key: &str, secret_key: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
 
 pub(crate) fn curl_command(args: &[OsString]) -> Command {
     let mut command = Command::new("curl");
-    command.args(args).stdin(Stdio::piped());
+    command
+        .args(args)
+        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped());
     command
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/rust-release-manifest/src/transparency_tests.rs b/crates/rust-release-manifest/src/transparency_tests.rs
index 6c7fe48..9334f3c 100644
--- a/crates/rust-release-manifest/src/transparency_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/rust-release-manifest/src/transparency_tests.rs
@@ -1163,6 +1163,17 @@ fn transparency_curl_credentials_are_stdin_only() {
     assert_eq!(curl_command(&args).get_envs().count(), 0);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn transparency_curl_command_captures_status_stdout() {
+    let mut child = curl_command(&[OsString::from("--version")])
+        .spawn()
+        .unwrap();
+    drop(child.stdin.take());
+    let output = child.wait_with_output().unwrap();
+    assert!(output.status.success());
+    assert!(output.stdout.starts_with(b"curl "));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn transparency_fake_records_destinations_and_ordered_calls() {
     let mut fake = DirectoryTransport::new();