diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/create-app/createApp.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/create-app/createApp.ts
index 5863d9e705..b596d9ac73 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/create-app/createApp.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/create-app/createApp.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ export default async () => {
       chalk.green(`🥇  Successfully created ${chalk.cyan(answers.name)}`),
     );
     Task.log();
+    Task.exit();
   } catch (error) {
     Task.error(error.message);
 
@@ -143,5 +144,6 @@ export default async () => {
     Task.section('Cleanup');
     await cleanUp(tempDir);
     Task.error('🔥  Failed to create app!');
+    Task.exit(1);
   }
 };
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/create-plugin/createPlugin.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/create-plugin/createPlugin.ts
index df8b71f619..51f749a6ac 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/create-plugin/createPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/create-plugin/createPlugin.ts
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ export default async () => {
       )}`,
     );
     Task.log();
+    Task.exit();
   } catch (error) {
     Task.error(error.message);
 
@@ -277,5 +278,6 @@ export default async () => {
     Task.section('Cleanup');
     await cleanUp(tempDir);
     Task.error('🔥  Failed to create plugin!');
+    Task.exit(1);
   }
 };
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/helpers/tasks.ts b/packages/cli/src/helpers/tasks.ts
index 3cba4d262f..0753301b78 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/helpers/tasks.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/helpers/tasks.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ export class Task {
     process.stdout.write(`\n ${title}\n`);
   }
 
+  static exit(code: number = 0) {
+    process.exit(code);
+  }
+
   static async forItem(
     task: string,
     item: string,