diff --git a/behave/environment.py b/behave/environment.py
index abcb0023a..0884517de 100644
--- a/behave/environment.py
+++ b/behave/environment.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ def _random_string(length):
 
 
 def _download(context, url):
-    print('Downloading {}'.format(url))
-    req = requests.get(url)
+    print(f'Downloading {url}')
+    req = requests.get(url, timeout=60)
     filename = os.path.join(context.workdir, os.path.basename(url))
     with open(filename, 'wb') as dfd:
         dfd.write(req.content)
diff --git a/behave/pylintrc b/behave/pylintrc
index d0be57849..e5283377f 100644
--- a/behave/pylintrc
+++ b/behave/pylintrc
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@
 # cyclic-import
 #     Seems like cyclic-import is just a style check which is not going to be
 #     fixed: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/6983
-disable=import-error,cyclic-import
+# function-redefined
+#     This is a Behave's policy to create all step methods as `step_impl()`.
+disable=import-error,cyclic-import,function-redefined
diff --git a/behave/steps/other.py b/behave/steps/other.py
index 1dc21a1ab..babcdd924 100644
--- a/behave/steps/other.py
+++ b/behave/steps/other.py
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ def _first_int(string, max_lines=20):
         first_word = line.split()[0]
         if first_word.isdigit():
             return first_word
-    raise Exception("unexpected dnf history output")
+    raise RuntimeError("unexpected dnf history output")
 
 
 def add_cleanup_last_transaction(context):
-    # TODO: DNF5 support https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf5/issues/140
+    # DNF5 support https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf5/issues/140
     dnf = ["sudo", "/usr/bin/dnf-3", "-y", "history"]
     _, out, _ = run(dnf + ["list"])
     transaction_id = _first_int(out)
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ def _revert_transaction(_context):
 
     context.add_cleanup(_revert_transaction, context)
 
-@given(u'an unique mock namespace')
+@given('an unique mock namespace')
 def step_impl(context):
-    print("using uniqueext {}".format(context.uniqueext))
+    print(f"using uniqueext {context.uniqueext}")
     context.uniqueext_used = True
 
 
-@given(u'the {package} package {state} installed on host')
+@given('the {package} package {state} installed on host')
 def step_impl(context, package, state):
     """
     Install the package, and uninstall in post- action.  If state is "not", then
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@ def _uninstall_pkg(_context):
     context.add_cleanup(_uninstall_pkg, context)
 
 
-@given(u'pre-intitialized chroot')
+@given('pre-intitialized chroot')
 def step_impl(context):
     context.mock.init()
 
 
-@given(u'a custom third-party repository is used for builds')
+@given('a custom third-party repository is used for builds')
 def step_impl(context):
     context.add_repos.append(
         "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rpm-software-management/"
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def step_impl(context):
     run(["createrepo_c", context.local_repo])
 
 
-@given(u'the local repo contains a "{rpm}" RPM')
+@given('the local repo contains a "{rpm}" RPM')
 def step_impl(context, rpm):
     rpm = context.download_rpm(rpm)
     shutil.move(rpm, context.local_repo)
@@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ def step_impl(context):
     context.add_repos.append(context.local_repo)
 
 
-@when(u'a build is depending on third-party repo requested')
-@when(u'a build which requires the "always-installable" RPM is requested')
+@when('a build is depending on third-party repo requested')
+@when('a build which requires the "always-installable" RPM is requested')
 def step_impl(context):
     local_file = context.download_rpm("buildrequires-always-installable")
     context.mock.rebuild([local_file])
 
 
-@then(u'the build succeeds')
+@then('the build succeeds')
 def step_impl(context):
     assert os.path.exists(context.mock.resultdir)
     rpms = glob.glob(os.path.join(context.mock.resultdir, "*.rpm"))
diff --git a/behave/testlib/commands.py b/behave/testlib/commands.py
index 54304b900..d2e74d769 100644
--- a/behave/testlib/commands.py
+++ b/behave/testlib/commands.py
@@ -33,21 +33,21 @@ def run(cmd):
     directly.
     """
     try:
-        process = subprocess.Popen(
+        with subprocess.Popen(
             cmd,
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
             universal_newlines=True,
-        )
-        stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
-        print(f"Command exit status {process.returncode} in: {quoted_cmd(cmd)}")
-        if stdout:
-            print("stdout:")
-            print(stdout)
-        if stderr:
-            print("stderr:")
-            print(stderr)
-        return process.returncode, stdout, stderr
+        ) as process:
+            stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
+            print(f"Exit code: {process.returncode} in: {quoted_cmd(cmd)}")
+            if stdout:
+                print("stdout:")
+                print(stdout)
+            if stderr:
+                print("stderr:")
+                print(stderr)
+            return process.returncode, stdout, stderr
     except (FileNotFoundError, PermissionError) as e:
         print(f"Error running command {quoted_cmd(cmd)}: {e}")
         return -1, "", str(e)
@@ -57,5 +57,6 @@ def run_check(cmd):
     """ run, but check nonzero exit status """
     retcode, stdout, stderr = run(cmd)
     if retcode != 0:
-        raise Exception(f"Command failed with return code {retcode}: {quoted_cmd(cmd)}\n{stderr}")
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Command failed with return code {retcode}: "
+                           f"{quoted_cmd(cmd)}\n{stderr}")
     return stdout, stderr