diff --git a/dvc/command/run.py b/dvc/command/run.py
index 343ff782b..079894061 100644
--- a/dvc/command/run.py
+++ b/dvc/command/run.py
@@ -33,36 +33,17 @@ class CmdRun(CmdBase):
             )
             return 1
 
+        kwargs = vars(self.args)
+        kwargs.update(
+            {
+                "cmd": parse_cmd(self.args.cmd),
+                "fname": kwargs.pop("file"),
+                "no_exec": (self.args.no_exec or bool(self.args.checkpoints)),
+                "run_cache": not kwargs.pop("no_run_cache"),
+            }
+        )
         try:
-            self.repo.run(
-                cmd=parse_cmd(self.args.cmd),
-                outs=self.args.outs,
-                outs_no_cache=self.args.outs_no_cache,
-                metrics=self.args.metrics,
-                metrics_no_cache=self.args.metrics_no_cache,
-                plots=self.args.plots,
-                plots_no_cache=self.args.plots_no_cache,
-                live=self.args.live,
-                live_no_cache=self.args.live_no_cache,
-                live_no_summary=self.args.live_no_summary,
-                live_no_html=self.args.live_no_html,
-                deps=self.args.deps,
-                params=self.args.params,
-                fname=self.args.file,
-                wdir=self.args.wdir,
-                no_exec=(self.args.no_exec or bool(self.args.checkpoints)),
-                force=self.args.force,
-                run_cache=not self.args.no_run_cache,
-                no_commit=self.args.no_commit,
-                outs_persist=self.args.outs_persist,
-                outs_persist_no_cache=self.args.outs_persist_no_cache,
-                checkpoints=self.args.checkpoints,
-                always_changed=self.args.always_changed,
-                name=self.args.name,
-                single_stage=self.args.single_stage,
-                external=self.args.external,
-                desc=self.args.desc,
-            )
+            self.repo.run(**kwargs)
         except DvcException:
             logger.exception("")
             return 1
diff --git a/tests/unit/command/test_run.py b/tests/unit/command/test_run.py
index 906477c06..0a4d11a12 100644
--- a/tests/unit/command/test_run.py
+++ b/tests/unit/command/test_run.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from dvc.cli import parse_args
 from dvc.command.run import CmdRun
+from tests.utils.asserts import called_once_with_subset
 
 
 def test_run(mocker, dvc):
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ def test_run(mocker, dvc):
 
     assert cmd.run() == 0
 
-    m.assert_called_once_with(
+    assert called_once_with_subset(
+        m,
         deps=["deps"],
         outs=["outs"],
         outs_no_cache=["outs-no-cache"],
@@ -96,7 +98,8 @@ def test_run_args_from_cli(mocker, dvc):
     cmd = args.func(args)
     m = mocker.patch.object(cmd.repo, "run", autospec=True)
     assert cmd.run() == 0
-    m.assert_called_once_with(
+    assert called_once_with_subset(
+        m,
         deps=[],
         outs=[],
         outs_no_cache=[],
@@ -132,7 +135,8 @@ def test_run_args_with_spaces(mocker, dvc):
     cmd = args.func(args)
     m = mocker.patch.object(cmd.repo, "run", autospec=True)
     assert cmd.run() == 0
-    m.assert_called_once_with(
+    assert called_once_with_subset(
+        m,
         deps=[],
         outs=[],
         outs_no_cache=[],
diff --git a/tests/unit/command/test_stage.py b/tests/unit/command/test_stage.py
index 237cd89f7..e3335aa13 100644
--- a/tests/unit/command/test_stage.py
+++ b/tests/unit/command/test_stage.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from dvc.cli import parse_args
 from dvc.command.stage import CmdStageAdd
+from tests.utils.asserts import called_once_with_subset
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -65,36 +66,30 @@ def test_stage_add(mocker, dvc, command, parsed_command):
     m = mocker.patch.object(cmd.repo.stage, "add")
 
     assert cmd.run() == 0
-    expected = {
-        "name": "name",
-        "deps": ["deps"],
-        "outs": ["outs"],
-        "outs_no_cache": ["outs-no-cache"],
-        "params": [
+    assert called_once_with_subset(
+        m,
+        name="name",
+        deps=["deps"],
+        outs=["outs"],
+        outs_no_cache=["outs-no-cache"],
+        params=[
             {"file": ["param1", "param2"]},
             {"params.yaml": ["param3"]},
         ],
-        "metrics": ["metrics"],
-        "metrics_no_cache": ["metrics-no-cache"],
-        "plots": ["plots"],
-        "plots_no_cache": ["plots-no-cache"],
-        "live": "live",
-        "live_no_summary": True,
-        "live_no_html": True,
-        "wdir": "wdir",
-        "outs_persist": ["outs-persist"],
-        "outs_persist_no_cache": ["outs-persist-no-cache"],
-        "checkpoints": ["checkpoints"],
-        "always_changed": True,
-        "external": True,
-        "desc": "description",
-        "cmd": parsed_command,
-        "force": True,
-    }
-    args, kwargs = m.call_args
-    assert not args
-
-    for key, val in expected.items():
-        # expected values should be a subset of what's in the call args list
-        assert key in kwargs
-        assert kwargs[key] == val, f"in key '{key}'"
+        metrics=["metrics"],
+        metrics_no_cache=["metrics-no-cache"],
+        plots=["plots"],
+        plots_no_cache=["plots-no-cache"],
+        live="live",
+        live_no_summary=True,
+        live_no_html=True,
+        wdir="wdir",
+        outs_persist=["outs-persist"],
+        outs_persist_no_cache=["outs-persist-no-cache"],
+        checkpoints=["checkpoints"],
+        always_changed=True,
+        external=True,
+        desc="description",
+        cmd=parsed_command,
+        force=True,
+    )
diff --git a/tests/utils/asserts.py b/tests/utils/asserts.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5ad5d9da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils/asserts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from typing import Any
+from unittest.mock import ANY, Mock
+
+
+def called_once_with_subset(m: Mock, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> bool:
+    m.assert_called_once()
+    m_args, m_kwargs = m.call_args
+
+    expected_args = m_args + (ANY,) * (len(m_args) - len(args))
+    expected_kwargs = {k: kwargs.get(k, ANY) for k in m_kwargs}
+    m.assert_called_with(*expected_args, **expected_kwargs)
+
+    return True