diff --git a/changelog/62120.fixed b/changelog/62120.fixed
index 638986ae478..22a97113833 100644
--- a/changelog/62120.fixed
+++ b/changelog/62120.fixed
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Pass executable path from _get_path_exec() is used when calling the program.
 The $HOME env is no longer modified globally.
 Only trailing newlines are stripped from the fetched secret.
 Pass process arguments are handled in a secure way.
diff --git a/salt/renderers/pass.py b/salt/renderers/pass.py
index 7cae7c5b971..4e06d727d09 100644
--- a/salt/renderers/pass.py
+++ b/salt/renderers/pass.py
@@ -75,13 +75,15 @@ def _fetch_secret(pass_path):
     Fetch secret from pass based on pass_path. If there is
     any error, return back the original pass_path value
     """
+    pass_exec = _get_pass_exec()
+
     # Make a backup in case we want to return the original value without stripped whitespaces
     original_pass_path = pass_path
 
     # Remove whitespaces from the pass_path
     pass_path = pass_path.strip()
 
-    cmd = ["pass", "show", pass_path]
+    cmd = [pass_exec, "show", pass_path]
     log.debug("Fetching secret: %s", " ".join(cmd))
 
     # Make sure environment variable HOME is set, since Pass looks for the
@@ -119,5 +121,4 @@ def render(pass_info, saltenv="base", sls="", argline="", **kwargs):
     """
     Fetch secret from pass based on pass_path
     """
-    _get_pass_exec()
     return _decrypt_object(pass_info)