diff --git a/builtin/receive-pack.c b/builtin/receive-pack.c
index 9c49174616..f554dac1ef 100644
--- a/builtin/receive-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/receive-pack.c
@@ -561,6 +561,48 @@ static int copy_to_sideband(int in, int out UNUSED, void *arg UNUSED)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Start an async thread which redirects hook stderr over the sideband.
+ * The original stderr fd is saved to `saved_stderr` and STDERR_FILENO is
+ * redirected to the async's input pipe.
+ */
+static void prepare_sideband_async(struct async *sideband_async, int *saved_stderr, int *started)
+{
+	*started = 0;
+
+	if (!use_sideband)
+		return;
+
+	memset(sideband_async, 0, sizeof(*sideband_async));
+	sideband_async->proc = copy_to_sideband;
+	sideband_async->in = -1;
+
+	if (!start_async(sideband_async)) {
+		*started = 1;
+		*saved_stderr = dup(STDERR_FILENO);
+		if (*saved_stderr >= 0)
+			dup2(sideband_async->in, STDERR_FILENO);
+		close(sideband_async->in);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Restore the original stderr and wait for the async sideband thread to finish.
+ */
+static void finish_sideband_async(struct async *sideband_async, int saved_stderr, int started)
+{
+	if (!use_sideband)
+		return;
+
+	if (saved_stderr >= 0) {
+		dup2(saved_stderr, STDERR_FILENO);
+		close(saved_stderr);
+	}
+
+	if (started)
+		finish_async(sideband_async);
+}
+
 static void hmac_hash(unsigned char *out,
 		      const char *key_in, size_t key_len,
 		      const char *text, size_t text_len)
@@ -941,29 +983,25 @@ static int run_receive_hook(struct command *commands,
 
 static int run_update_hook(struct command *cmd)
 {
-	struct child_process proc = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+	struct run_hooks_opt opt = RUN_HOOKS_OPT_INIT;
+	struct async sideband_async;
+	int sideband_async_started = 0;
+	int saved_stderr = -1;
 	int code;
-	const char *hook_path = find_hook(the_repository, "update");
 
-	if (!hook_path)
-		return 0;
+	strvec_pushl(&opt.args,
+		     cmd->ref_name,
+		     oid_to_hex(&cmd->old_oid),
+		     oid_to_hex(&cmd->new_oid),
+		     NULL);
 
-	strvec_push(&proc.args, hook_path);
-	strvec_push(&proc.args, cmd->ref_name);
-	strvec_push(&proc.args, oid_to_hex(&cmd->old_oid));
-	strvec_push(&proc.args, oid_to_hex(&cmd->new_oid));
+	prepare_sideband_async(&sideband_async, &saved_stderr, &sideband_async_started);
 
-	proc.no_stdin = 1;
-	proc.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
-	proc.err = use_sideband ? -1 : 0;
-	proc.trace2_hook_name = "update";
+	code = run_hooks_opt(the_repository, "update", &opt);
 
-	code = start_command(&proc);
-	if (code)
-		return code;
-	if (use_sideband)
-		copy_to_sideband(proc.err, -1, NULL);
-	return finish_command(&proc);
+	finish_sideband_async(&sideband_async, saved_stderr, sideband_async_started);
+
+	return code;
 }
 
 static struct command *find_command_by_refname(struct command *list,
@@ -1639,34 +1677,25 @@ out:
 
 static void run_update_post_hook(struct command *commands)
 {
+	struct run_hooks_opt opt = RUN_HOOKS_OPT_INIT;
+	struct async sideband_async;
 	struct command *cmd;
-	struct child_process proc = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
-	const char *hook;
-
-	hook = find_hook(the_repository, "post-update");
-	if (!hook)
-		return;
+	int sideband_async_started = 0;
+	int saved_stderr = -1;
 
 	for (cmd = commands; cmd; cmd = cmd->next) {
 		if (cmd->error_string || cmd->did_not_exist)
 			continue;
-		if (!proc.args.nr)
-			strvec_push(&proc.args, hook);
-		strvec_push(&proc.args, cmd->ref_name);
+		strvec_push(&opt.args, cmd->ref_name);
 	}
-	if (!proc.args.nr)
+	if (!opt.args.nr)
 		return;
 
-	proc.no_stdin = 1;
-	proc.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
-	proc.err = use_sideband ? -1 : 0;
-	proc.trace2_hook_name = "post-update";
+	prepare_sideband_async(&sideband_async, &saved_stderr, &sideband_async_started);
 
-	if (!start_command(&proc)) {
-		if (use_sideband)
-			copy_to_sideband(proc.err, -1, NULL);
-		finish_command(&proc);
-	}
+	run_hooks_opt(the_repository, "post-update", &opt);
+
+	finish_sideband_async(&sideband_async, saved_stderr, sideband_async_started);
 }
 
 static void check_aliased_update_internal(struct command *cmd,