diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index c1f73e87d1..0d713af60d 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ rustflags = [
 [env]
 # Required for `dist` to work with linux arm targets: https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/issues/74#issuecomment-2053680080
 CC_aarch64_unknown_linux_musl = "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"
+# Necessary to let `deno_task_shell` know that our executable is called `pixi` instead of `deno`
+DENO_EXECUTABLE_NAME = "pixi"
 
 [target.aarch64-unknown-linux-musl]
 linker = "aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 75ff03c6d7..6a2108e170 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1577,9 +1577,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deno_task_shell"
-version = "0.20.3"
+version = "0.21.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e2da21d6f1061632e50ee585afa570bcad080b7a42fe7baedf447007c49f848e"
+checksum = "00246b9c9ec38a48e4143ca60e578291836cda6ab8eeab668e628cafe6ac7a9c"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "futures",
@@ -3466,7 +3466,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc2f4eb4bc735547cfed7c0a4922cbd04a4655978c09b54f1f7b228750664c34"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8821,7 +8821,7 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf221c93e13a30d793f7645a0e7762c55d169dbb0a49671918a2319d289b10bb"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 899585174b..3e06d8c73f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ crossbeam-channel = "0.5.14"
 csv = "1.3.1"
 ctrlc = "3.4.5"
 dashmap = "6.1.0"
-deno_task_shell = "0.20.3"
+deno_task_shell = "0.21.0"
 dialoguer = "0.11.0"
 digest = "0.10"
 dirs = "6.0.0"
diff --git a/pixi_docs/Cargo.lock b/pixi_docs/Cargo.lock
index d2900a58aa..cab0f1aba4 100644
--- a/pixi_docs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/pixi_docs/Cargo.lock
@@ -1577,9 +1577,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deno_task_shell"
-version = "0.20.3"
+version = "0.21.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e2da21d6f1061632e50ee585afa570bcad080b7a42fe7baedf447007c49f848e"
+checksum = "00246b9c9ec38a48e4143ca60e578291836cda6ab8eeab668e628cafe6ac7a9c"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "futures",
diff --git a/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/linux-64/deno-0.1.0-hb0f4dca_0.conda b/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/linux-64/deno-0.1.0-hb0f4dca_0.conda
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c1cb74a9a
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diff --git a/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/linux-64/repodata.json b/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/linux-64/repodata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45b6053be1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/linux-64/repodata.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"info":{"subdir":"linux-64"},"packages":{},"packages.conda":{"deno-0.1.0-hb0f4dca_0.conda":{"arch":"x86_64","build":"hb0f4dca_0","build_number":0,"depends":[],"md5":"0b8e0df380c48280aa2dd07638c5e4da","name":"deno","platform":"linux","sha256":"355d4eb0702bec8c594ead99788d28cf2fd45d1c74232c36d141f673606912a9","size":1153,"subdir":"linux-64","timestamp":1743598985535,"version":"0.1.0"}},"repodata_version":2}
diff --git a/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/noarch/repodata.json b/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/noarch/repodata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8010a6626c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/noarch/repodata.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"info":{"subdir":"noarch"},"packages":{},"packages.conda":{},"repodata_version":2}
diff --git a/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/osx-64/deno-0.1.0-h0dc7051_0.conda b/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/osx-64/deno-0.1.0-h0dc7051_0.conda
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35adde0b3a
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diff --git a/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/osx-64/repodata.json b/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/osx-64/repodata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..895e9beca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/osx-64/repodata.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"info":{"subdir":"osx-64"},"packages":{},"packages.conda":{"deno-0.1.0-h0dc7051_0.conda":{"arch":"x86_64","build":"h0dc7051_0","build_number":0,"depends":[],"md5":"a7dedac45cc5b964d98811f653b29e09","name":"deno","platform":"osx","sha256":"f0058f53dbbe8b1f68e00dac1d5f137a452344e009286e88814fe2daf750df7a","size":1151,"subdir":"osx-64","timestamp":1743598985623,"version":"0.1.0"}},"repodata_version":2}
diff --git a/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/osx-arm64/deno-0.1.0-h60d57d3_0.conda b/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/osx-arm64/deno-0.1.0-h60d57d3_0.conda
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6bffe2f5b
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diff --git a/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/osx-arm64/repodata.json b/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/osx-arm64/repodata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..305bfb125e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/osx-arm64/repodata.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"info":{"subdir":"osx-arm64"},"packages":{},"packages.conda":{"deno-0.1.0-h60d57d3_0.conda":{"arch":"arm64","build":"h60d57d3_0","build_number":0,"depends":[],"md5":"d0062f73aca159bbf60e57cde7f48049","name":"deno","platform":"osx","sha256":"3e8a1829a6f9bba59e27c424857288c8ef9704e13bc266ca8d341a77710d4577","size":1153,"subdir":"osx-arm64","timestamp":1743598985578,"version":"0.1.0"}},"repodata_version":2}
diff --git a/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/win-64/deno-0.1.0-h9490d1a_0.conda b/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/win-64/deno-0.1.0-h9490d1a_0.conda
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bac2336e8d
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diff --git a/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/win-64/repodata.json b/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/win-64/repodata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f75c50eef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/channels/channels/deno_channel/win-64/repodata.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"info":{"subdir":"win-64"},"packages":{},"packages.conda":{"deno-0.1.0-h9490d1a_0.conda":{"arch":"x86_64","build":"h9490d1a_0","build_number":0,"depends":[],"md5":"a70cbf9de5c2c14d2087519f5e6cae1f","name":"deno","platform":"win","sha256":"8e572bc4382aab6e4987dc3b1803b565a23c58c17b63ea0843da44eb5faa3015","size":1142,"subdir":"win-64","timestamp":1743598985482,"version":"0.1.0"}},"repodata_version":2}
diff --git a/tests/data/channels/mappings.toml b/tests/data/channels/mappings.toml
index 46555823bc..6ac5795a41 100644
--- a/tests/data/channels/mappings.toml
+++ b/tests/data/channels/mappings.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 "completions_channel_1.yaml" = "completions_channel_1"
+"deno_channel.yaml" = "deno_channel"
 "dummy_channel_1.yaml" = "dummy_channel_1"
 "dummy_channel_2.yaml" = "dummy_channel_2"
 "multiple_versions_channel_1_010.yaml" = "multiple_versions_channel_1"
diff --git a/tests/data/channels/recipes/deno_channel.yaml b/tests/data/channels/recipes/deno_channel.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2747672576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/channels/recipes/deno_channel.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+recipe:
+  name: deno-channel
+  version: 1.0.0
+
+outputs:
+  - package:
+      name: deno
+      version: 0.1.0
+
+    build:
+      script:
+        - mkdir -p $PREFIX/bin
+        - if: win
+          then:
+            - echo "@echo off" > $PREFIX/bin/deno.bat
+            - echo "echo deno" >> $PREFIX/bin/deno.bat
+          else:
+            - echo "#!/usr/bin/env bash" > $PREFIX/bin/deno
+            - echo "echo deno" >> $PREFIX/bin/deno
+            - chmod +x $PREFIX/bin/deno
diff --git a/tests/integration_python/conftest.py b/tests/integration_python/conftest.py
index 07478f6f03..6c2cb0d76b 100644
--- a/tests/integration_python/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/integration_python/conftest.py
@@ -115,5 +115,10 @@ def post_link_script_channel(channels: Path) -> str:
     return channels.joinpath("post_link_script_channel").as_uri()
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def deno_channel(channels: Path) -> str:
+    return channels.joinpath("deno_channel").as_uri()
+
+
 def doc_pixi_workspaces() -> Path:
     return Path(__file__).parents[2].joinpath("docs", "source_files", "pixi_workspaces")
diff --git a/tests/integration_python/test_run_cli.py b/tests/integration_python/test_run_cli.py
index f29383a17a..b92a60b42e 100644
--- a/tests/integration_python/test_run_cli.py
+++ b/tests/integration_python/test_run_cli.py
@@ -354,6 +354,27 @@ def test_run_help(pixi: Path, tmp_pixi_workspace: Path) -> None:
     )
 
 
+def test_run_deno(pixi: Path, tmp_pixi_workspace: Path, deno_channel: str) -> None:
+    """Ensure that `pixi run deno` will just be forwarded instead of calling pixi"""
+    manifest = tmp_pixi_workspace.joinpath("pixi.toml")
+    toml = f"""
+    [project]
+    name = "test"
+    channels = ["{deno_channel}"]
+    platforms = ["linux-64", "osx-64", "osx-arm64", "win-64"]
+
+    [dependencies]
+    deno = "*"
+    """
+    manifest.write_text(toml)
+
+    verify_cli_command(
+        [pixi, "run", "--manifest-path", manifest, "deno"],
+        stdout_contains="deno",
+        stdout_excludes="pixi",
+    )
+
+
 def test_run_dry_run(pixi: Path, tmp_pixi_workspace: Path) -> None:
     manifest = tmp_pixi_workspace.joinpath("pixi.toml")
     toml = f"""