diff --git a/src/ci_orchestrator/commands/template.py b/src/ci_orchestrator/commands/template.py
index 52c568c..3bc15d4 100644
--- a/src/ci_orchestrator/commands/template.py
+++ b/src/ci_orchestrator/commands/template.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import json
 import shutil
 import socket
 import subprocess
+import sys
 import threading
 import time
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
@@ -671,8 +672,10 @@ Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName 'CI-StaticIp' `
         if recreate_snapshot:
             do_recreate = True
         else:
-            raw = input(f"[prepare-win] Delete and recreate '{snapshot}'? [y/N] ")
-            do_recreate = raw.strip().rstrip("\r").lower() in ("y", "yes")
+            sys.stdout.write(f"[prepare-win] Delete and recreate '{snapshot}'? [y/N] ")
+            sys.stdout.flush()
+            raw = sys.stdin.readline()
+            do_recreate = raw.strip().lower() in ("y", "yes")
         if not do_recreate:
             click.echo("[prepare-win] Keeping existing snapshot. Provisioning complete.")
             return
diff --git a/tests/python/test_commands_template.py b/tests/python/test_commands_template.py
index 09c1733..49888d2 100644
--- a/tests/python/test_commands_template.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_commands_template.py
@@ -613,8 +613,6 @@ def test_prepare_win_snapshot_exists_skip(
     backend.list_snapshots.return_value = ["BaseClean"]
     transport = _make_transport()
     _patch_prepare(monkeypatch, backend, transport)
-    monkeypatch.setattr("builtins.input", lambda _prompt="": "N")
-
     result = CliRunner().invoke(
         cli,
         [
@@ -624,6 +622,7 @@ def test_prepare_win_snapshot_exists_skip(
             "--admin-password", "adminpass",
             "--build-password", "buildpass",
         ],
+        input="N\n",
     )
     assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
     assert "Keeping existing snapshot" in result.output
@@ -644,8 +643,6 @@ def test_prepare_win_snapshot_exists_recreate(
     monkeypatch.setattr(tmpl_mod, "_wait_tcp", lambda *_: True)
     monkeypatch.setattr(tmpl_mod, "_wait_winrm", lambda *_: None)
     monkeypatch.setattr(tmpl_mod.time, "sleep", lambda _: None)
-    monkeypatch.setattr("builtins.input", lambda _prompt="": "Y")
-
     def _sp_run(cmd: list[str], **_: object) -> None:
         sp_calls.append(cmd)
 
@@ -660,6 +657,7 @@ def test_prepare_win_snapshot_exists_recreate(
             "--admin-password", "adminpass",
             "--build-password", "buildpass",
         ],
+        input="Y\n",
     )
     assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
     assert any("deleteSnapshot" in " ".join(c) for c in sp_calls)