diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/PyGhidra/src/main/py/src/pyghidra/launcher.py b/Ghidra/Features/PyGhidra/src/main/py/src/pyghidra/launcher.py
index 8abab3d44a..e8a3ebee7e 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/PyGhidra/src/main/py/src/pyghidra/launcher.py
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/PyGhidra/src/main/py/src/pyghidra/launcher.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class PyGhidraLauncher:
             # NOTE: shutils.which() is not enough...macOS puts a stub java on the PATH which
             # will prevent that from working as expected, so you have to actually run it.
             java_cmd = 'java'
-            if not shutil.which(java_cmd) or subprocess.run([java_cmd, "-version"]).returncode != 0:
+            if not shutil.which(java_cmd) or subprocess.run([java_cmd, "-version"], stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL).returncode != 0:
                 java_home_dir = os.environ.get('JAVA_HOME')
                 if java_home_dir and os.path.isdir(java_home_dir):
                     java_cmd = java_home_dir + "/bin/java"