diff --git a/packages/cli/src/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
index b43351712..8f4e11708 100755
--- a/packages/cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ import { cli } from './lib/cli.js';
 
 // bootstrap Yargs, parse arguments and execute command
 await cli(hideBin(process.argv)).argv;
+
+// we need to explicitly exit with successful code otherwise we risk hanging process in certain situations
+// eslint-disable-next-line n/no-process-exit
+process.exit(0);