diff --git a/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/running-tasks.ts b/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/running-tasks.ts
index 4333236e5b6d5..8d5a7a7b4d9aa 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/running-tasks.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/running-tasks.ts
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ class RunningNodeProcess implements RunningTask {
     process.on('SIGINT', () => {
       this.childProcess.kill('SIGTERM');
       // we exit here because we don't need to write anything to cache.
-      process.exit(signalToCode('SIGINT'));
+      process.exitCode = signalToCode('SIGINT');
     });
     process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
       this.childProcess.kill('SIGTERM');
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ function registerProcessListener(
   process.on('SIGINT', () => {
     runningTask.kill('SIGTERM');
     // we exit here because we don't need to write anything to cache.
-    process.exit(signalToCode('SIGINT'));
+    process.exitCode = signalToCode('SIGINT');
   });
   process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
     runningTask.kill('SIGTERM');
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts
index 0cf46c5c88637..e2cb6afbdf61b 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/forked-process-task-runner.ts
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ export class ForkedProcessTaskRunner {
       this.cleanup('SIGTERM');
       process.off('message', messageHandler);
       // we exit here because we don't need to write anything to cache.
-      process.exit(signalToCode('SIGINT'));
+      process.exitCode = signalToCode('SIGINT');
     });
     process.once('SIGTERM', () => {
       this.cleanup('SIGTERM');
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
index 1fc41529895e9..7d60d25a88959 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
           runningTask.onExit((code) => {
             if (!this.tuiEnabled) {
               if (code > 128) {
-                process.exit(code);
+                process.exitCode = code;
               }
             }
             res();
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
         childProcess.onExit((code) => {
           if (!this.tuiEnabled) {
             if (code > 128) {
-              process.exit(code);
+              process.exitCode = code;
             }
           }
           res();