diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11192-solaris-zone-os-system.yml b/changelogs/fragments/11192-solaris-zone-os-system.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4a131757f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/11192-solaris-zone-os-system.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - solaris_zone - execute external commands using Ansible construct (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11192).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/solaris_zone.py b/plugins/modules/solaris_zone.py
index 78e1661e3e..09ccc6e508 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/solaris_zone.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/solaris_zone.py
@@ -309,12 +309,15 @@ class Zone:
             Wait until the zone's console login is running; once that's running, consider the zone booted.
             """
 
+            zone_booted_re = re.compile(r"ttymon.*-d /dev/console")
+            cmd_ps = ["ps", "-z", self.name, "-o", "args"]
+
             elapsed = 0
             while True:
                 if elapsed > self.timeout:
                     self.module.fail_json(msg="timed out waiting for zone to boot")
-                rc = os.system(f'ps -z {self.name} -o args|grep "ttymon.*-d /dev/console" > /dev/null 2>/dev/null')
-                if rc == 0:
+                rc, out, err = self.module.run_command(cmd_ps, check_rc=False)
+                if any(zone_booted_re.match(x) for x in out.splitlines()):
                     break
                 time.sleep(10)
                 elapsed += 10