diff --git a/tests/scripts/codex-hooks.test.js b/tests/scripts/codex-hooks.test.js
index 353c64efe..928d2a121 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/codex-hooks.test.js
+++ b/tests/scripts/codex-hooks.test.js
@@ -56,13 +56,14 @@ function runBash(
   scriptPath,
   { args = [], env = {}, cwd = repoRoot, input = undefined, preservePath = true } = {},
 ) {
-  const bash = resolveBashExecutable();
+  const effectiveEnv = {
+    ...(preservePath ? process.env : {}),
+    ...env,
+  };
+  const bash = resolveBashExecutable(effectiveEnv);
   return spawnSync(bash, [scriptPath, ...args], {
     cwd,
-    env: {
-      ...(preservePath ? process.env : {}),
-      ...env,
-    },
+    env: effectiveEnv,
     encoding: 'utf8',
     input,
     stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
@@ -148,6 +149,16 @@ if (
   passed++;
 else failed++;
 
+if (
+  test('shell test runner honors a per-invocation BASH_PATH override', () => {
+    const missingBash = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'ecc-missing-bash-executable');
+    const result = runBash(prePushHook, { env: { BASH_PATH: missingBash } });
+    assert.strictEqual(result.error?.code, 'ENOENT');
+  })
+)
+  passed++;
+else failed++;
+
 function runHermeticPrePush({
   failScript = null,
   includeCorepack = true,