diff --git a/nvm.sh b/nvm.sh
index 17d36c4f..bb461c1e 100755
--- a/nvm.sh
+++ b/nvm.sh
@@ -1463,8 +1463,9 @@ nvm_list_aliases() {
   nvm_is_zsh && setopt local_options nonomatch
   (
     local ALIAS_PATH
+    # background jobs are explicit subshells: bash 3.2 otherwise drops output from nested `command` calls in them
     for ALIAS_PATH in "${NVM_ALIAS_DIR}/${ALIAS}"*; do
-      NVM_NO_COLORS="${NVM_NO_COLORS-}" NVM_HAS_COLORS="${NVM_HAS_COLORS}" NVM_CURRENT="${NVM_CURRENT}" nvm_print_alias_path "${NVM_ALIAS_DIR}" "${ALIAS_PATH}" &
+      (NVM_NO_COLORS="${NVM_NO_COLORS-}" NVM_HAS_COLORS="${NVM_HAS_COLORS}" NVM_CURRENT="${NVM_CURRENT}" nvm_print_alias_path "${NVM_ALIAS_DIR}" "${ALIAS_PATH}") &
     done
     wait
   ) | command sort
@@ -1472,12 +1473,12 @@ nvm_list_aliases() {
   (
     local ALIAS_NAME
     for ALIAS_NAME in "$(nvm_node_prefix)" "stable" "unstable" "$(nvm_iojs_prefix)"; do
-      {
+      (
         # shellcheck disable=SC2030,SC2031 # (https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/issues/2217)
         if [ ! -f "${NVM_ALIAS_DIR}/${ALIAS_NAME}" ] && { [ -z "${ALIAS}" ] || [ "${ALIAS_NAME}" = "${ALIAS}" ]; }; then
           NVM_NO_COLORS="${NVM_NO_COLORS-}" NVM_HAS_COLORS="${NVM_HAS_COLORS}" NVM_CURRENT="${NVM_CURRENT}" nvm_print_default_alias "${ALIAS_NAME}"
         fi
-      } &
+      ) &
     done
     wait
   ) | command sort
@@ -1486,12 +1487,12 @@ nvm_list_aliases() {
     local LTS_ALIAS
     # shellcheck disable=SC2030,SC2031 # (https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/issues/2217)
     for ALIAS_PATH in "${NVM_ALIAS_DIR}/lts/${ALIAS}"*; do
-      {
+      (
         LTS_ALIAS="$(NVM_NO_COLORS="${NVM_NO_COLORS-}" NVM_HAS_COLORS="${NVM_HAS_COLORS}" NVM_LTS=true nvm_print_alias_path "${NVM_ALIAS_DIR}" "${ALIAS_PATH}")"
         if [ -n "${LTS_ALIAS}" ]; then
           nvm_echo "${LTS_ALIAS}"
         fi
-      } &
+      ) &
     done
     wait
   ) | command sort