diff --git a/lib/utils/display.js b/lib/utils/display.js
index 01ad55d4ce30c..2308c0b090bd6 100644
--- a/lib/utils/display.js
+++ b/lib/utils/display.js
@@ -330,20 +330,37 @@ class Display {
         this.#progress.off()
         break
 
-      case input.KEYS.end:
+      case input.KEYS.end: {
         log.resume()
+        // For silent prompts (like password), add newline to preserve output
+        if (meta?.silent) {
+          output.standard('')
+        }
         output.flush()
         this.#progress.resume()
         break
+      }
 
       case input.KEYS.read: {
-        // The convention when calling input.read is to pass in a single fn that returns the promise to await. resolve and reject are provided by proc-log.
+        // The convention when calling input.read is to pass in a single fn that returns the promise to await. Resolve and reject are provided by proc-log.
         const [res, rej, p] = args
-        return input.start(() => p()
-          .then(res)
-          .catch(rej)
-          // Any call to procLog.input.read will render a prompt to the user, so we always add a single newline of output to stdout to move the cursor to the next line.
-          .finally(() => output.standard('')))
+
+        // Use sequential input management to avoid race condition which causes issues with spinner and adding newlines.
+        input.start()
+
+        return p()
+          .then((result) => {
+            // If user hits enter, process end event and return input.
+            input.end({ [META]: true, silent: meta?.silent })
+            res(result)
+            return result
+          })
+          .catch((error) => {
+            // If user hits ctrl+c, add newline to preserve output.
+            output.standard('')
+            input.end()
+            rej(error)
+          })
       }
     }
   })
diff --git a/lib/utils/read-user-info.js b/lib/utils/read-user-info.js
index a9a50f8263ff6..31f148a02b30a 100644
--- a/lib/utils/read-user-info.js
+++ b/lib/utils/read-user-info.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const { read: _read } = require('read')
 const userValidate = require('npm-user-validate')
-const { log, input } = require('proc-log')
+const { log, input, META } = require('proc-log')
 
 const otpPrompt = `This command requires a one-time password (OTP) from your authenticator app.
 Enter one below. You can also pass one on the command line by appending --otp=123456.
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ const passwordPrompt = 'npm password: '
 const usernamePrompt = 'npm username: '
 const emailPrompt = 'email (this IS public): '
 
-const read = (...args) => input.read(() => _read(...args))
+// Pass options through so we can differentiate between regular and silent prompts
+const read = (options) =>
+  input.read(() => _read(options), { [META]: true, silent: options?.silent })
 
 function readOTP (msg = otpPrompt, otp, isRetry) {
   if (isRetry && otp && /^[\d ]+$|^[A-Fa-f0-9]{64,64}$/.test(otp)) {
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/init.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/init.js.test.cjs
index eae04d77d2e82..821193a55e1a9 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/init.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/init.js.test.cjs
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@ Press ^C at any time to quit.
 
 exports[`test/lib/commands/init.js TAP workspaces no args -- yes > should print helper info 1`] = `
 
-
 added 1 package in {TIME}
 `
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url.js.test.cjs
index 2b3fed2b326e4..5154579f0df59 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/open-url.js.test.cjs
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ https://www.npmjs.com
 exports[`test/lib/utils/open-url.js TAP open url prompt does not error when opener cannot find command > Outputs extra Browser unavailable message and url 1`] = `
 npm home:
 https://www.npmjs.com
-
 Browser unavailable. Please open the URL manually:
 https://www.npmjs.com
 `
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/display.js b/test/lib/utils/display.js
index bc4e23485fa3e..e04bb0b440371 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/display.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/display.js
@@ -199,3 +199,46 @@ t.test('Display.clean', async (t) => {
     clearOutput()
   }
 })
+
+t.test('prompt functionality', async t => {
+  t.test('regular prompt completion works', async t => {
+    const { input } = await mockDisplay(t)
+
+    const result = await input.read(() => Promise.resolve('user-input'))
+
+    t.equal(result, 'user-input', 'should return the input result')
+  })
+
+  t.test('silent prompt completion works', async t => {
+    const { input } = await mockDisplay(t)
+
+    const result = await input.read(
+      () => Promise.resolve('secret-password'),
+      { silent: true }
+    )
+
+    t.equal(result, 'secret-password', 'should return the input result for silent prompts')
+  })
+
+  t.test('metadata is correctly passed through', async t => {
+    const { input } = await mockDisplay(t)
+
+    await input.read(
+      () => Promise.resolve('result1'),
+      { silent: false }
+    )
+    t.pass('should handle silent false option')
+
+    await input.read(
+      () => Promise.resolve('result2'),
+      {}
+    )
+    t.pass('should handle empty options')
+
+    await input.read(
+      () => Promise.resolve('result3'),
+      { silent: true }
+    )
+    t.pass('should handle silent true option')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/read-user-info.js b/test/lib/utils/read-user-info.js
index 35628f7f2faac..74463175f5e8e 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/read-user-info.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/read-user-info.js
@@ -118,3 +118,35 @@ t.test('email - invalid warns and retries', async (t) => {
   t.equal(result, 'foo@bar.baz', 'received the email')
   t.equal(logMsg, 'invalid email')
 })
+
+t.test('read-user-info integration works', async (t) => {
+  t.teardown(() => {
+    readResult = null
+    readOpts = null
+  })
+
+  readResult = 'regular-input'
+  const username = await readUserInfo.username('Username: ')
+  t.equal(username, 'regular-input', 'should return username from regular prompt')
+  t.notOk(readOpts.silent, 'username prompt should not set silent')
+
+  readResult = 'secret-password'
+  const password = await readUserInfo.password('Password: ')
+  t.equal(password, 'secret-password', 'should return password from silent prompt')
+  t.match(readOpts, { silent: true }, 'password prompt should set silent: true')
+})
+
+t.test('silent metadata is passed correctly by read-user-info', async (t) => {
+  t.teardown(() => {
+    readResult = null
+    readOpts = null
+  })
+
+  readResult = 'username'
+  await readUserInfo.username('Username: ')
+  t.notOk(readOpts?.silent, 'username prompt should not set silent')
+
+  readResult = 'password'
+  await readUserInfo.password('Password: ')
+  t.equal(readOpts?.silent, true, 'password prompt should set silent: true')
+})