diff --git a/.changeset/quiet-pots-cheer.md b/.changeset/quiet-pots-cheer.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0670a8570a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/quiet-pots-cheer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@lg-tools/lint': patch
+---
+
+Lint task now exits with code `1` if lint errors are found
diff --git a/tools/build/src/tsdoc/test-package/package.json b/tools/build/src/tsdoc/test-package/package.json
index 4eb9057814..31f9b15866 100644
--- a/tools/build/src/tsdoc/test-package/package.json
+++ b/tools/build/src/tsdoc/test-package/package.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "test-package",
-  "private": "true"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "private": true
+}
diff --git a/tools/build/src/tsdoc/tsdoc.spec.ts b/tools/build/src/tsdoc/tsdoc.spec.ts
index 2cd348c88d..78ee5fef2c 100644
--- a/tools/build/src/tsdoc/tsdoc.spec.ts
+++ b/tools/build/src/tsdoc/tsdoc.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import child_process, { ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
 import path from 'path';
+
 import { parseTSDoc } from './tsdocParser';
 
 const spawnSpy = jest.spyOn(child_process, 'spawn');
diff --git a/tools/create/src/index.ts b/tools/create/src/index.ts
index 993e1beb77..06f9ba507d 100644
--- a/tools/create/src/index.ts
+++ b/tools/create/src/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
+import { getLGConfig } from '@lg-tools/meta';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { camelCase, kebabCase, startCase } from 'lodash';
 import path from 'path';
 
-import { getLGConfig } from '@lg-tools/meta';
-
 import { CreatePackageOptions } from './create.types';
 import {
   component,
diff --git a/tools/install/src/index.ts b/tools/install/src/index.ts
index 48e276c32e..365c89e7e4 100644
--- a/tools/install/src/index.ts
+++ b/tools/install/src/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
+import { getPackageManager } from '@lg-tools/meta';
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import fetch from 'node-fetch';
-
-import { getPackageManager } from '@lg-tools/meta';
 export interface InstallCommandOptions {
   ignoreWorkspaceRootCheck: boolean;
   verbose: boolean;
diff --git a/tools/link/src/link.ts b/tools/link/src/link.ts
index 73a9745d09..95c2057e4c 100644
--- a/tools/link/src/link.ts
+++ b/tools/link/src/link.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
+import { getLGConfig } from '@lg-tools/meta';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { homedir } from 'os';
 import path from 'path';
-import { getLGConfig } from '@lg-tools/meta';
 
 import { formatLog } from './utils';
 
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export async function linkPackages(destination: string, opts: LinkOptions) {
   const { scopes: availableScopes } = getLGConfig();
 
   const linkPromises: Array<Promise<void>> = [];
+
   for (const [scopeName, scopePath] of Object.entries(availableScopes)) {
     if (!scopeFlag || scopeFlag.includes(scopeName)) {
       linkPromises.push(
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ export async function linkPackages(destination: string, opts: LinkOptions) {
 
   console.log(chalk.green('Finished linking packages.'));
 }
+
 async function linkPackagesForScope(
   scopeName: string,
   scopePath: string,
diff --git a/tools/link/src/unlink.ts b/tools/link/src/unlink.ts
index a2130294df..06a3d524ad 100644
--- a/tools/link/src/unlink.ts
+++ b/tools/link/src/unlink.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
+import { getLGConfig } from '@lg-tools/meta';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
-import { getLGConfig } from '@lg-tools/meta';
 
 import { formatLog } from './utils';
 
diff --git a/tools/lint/src/eslint.ts b/tools/lint/src/eslint.ts
index f5bd6cb397..c678643a38 100644
--- a/tools/lint/src/eslint.ts
+++ b/tools/lint/src/eslint.ts
@@ -3,18 +3,15 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import path from 'path';
 
-import { LintCommandOptions } from './lint.types';
+import { LintFn } from './lint.types';
 
 const rootDir = process.cwd();
 const eslintConfigPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../config/eslint.config.js');
 export const esLintExtensions = ['js', 'ts', 'tsx'];
 
 /** Spawns an eslint job */
-export function eslint({
-  fix,
-  verbose,
-}: Pick<LintCommandOptions, 'fix' | 'verbose'>) {
-  return new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+export const eslint: LintFn = ({ fix, verbose }) => {
+  return new Promise<boolean>((resolve, reject) => {
     console.log(chalk.blue('Running ESLint...'));
     spawn(
       'eslint',
@@ -28,6 +25,10 @@ export function eslint({
       {
         stdio: 'inherit',
       },
-    ).on('close', resolve);
+    )
+      .on('exit', code => {
+        resolve(!code);
+      })
+      .on('error', reject);
   });
-}
+};
diff --git a/tools/lint/src/index.ts b/tools/lint/src/index.ts
index 766140e636..9cb7ac3050 100755
--- a/tools/lint/src/index.ts
+++ b/tools/lint/src/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { LintCommandOptions } from './lint.types';
 import { npmPkgJsonLint } from './npmPkgJsonLint';
 import { prettier } from './prettier';
 
+const isTrue = (test: any) => !!test;
+
 export const lint = (options: LintCommandOptions) => {
   const { fix, prettierOnly, eslintOnly, pkgJsonOnly, verbose } = options;
 
@@ -22,8 +24,11 @@ export const lint = (options: LintCommandOptions) => {
   }
 
   Promise.all(linters)
-    .then(() => {
-      process.exit(0);
+    .then(results => {
+      if (results.every(isTrue)) {
+        process.exit(0);
+      }
+      process.exit(1);
     })
     .catch(() => {
       process.exit(1);
diff --git a/tools/lint/src/lint.types.ts b/tools/lint/src/lint.types.ts
index 2f82b6c3c1..17a2833ccf 100644
--- a/tools/lint/src/lint.types.ts
+++ b/tools/lint/src/lint.types.ts
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ export interface LintCommandOptions {
   pkgJsonOnly: boolean;
   verbose: boolean;
 }
+
+export type LintFn = (
+  options: Pick<LintCommandOptions, 'fix' | 'verbose'>,
+) => Promise<boolean>;
diff --git a/tools/lint/src/npmPkgJsonLint.ts b/tools/lint/src/npmPkgJsonLint.ts
index bf2223a0fb..a85758e042 100644
--- a/tools/lint/src/npmPkgJsonLint.ts
+++ b/tools/lint/src/npmPkgJsonLint.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import path from 'path';
 
-import { LintCommandOptions } from './lint.types';
+import { LintFn } from './lint.types';
 // import { NpmPackageJsonLint } from 'npm-package-json-lint';
 const rootDir = process.cwd();
 const npmPkgLintConfigPath = path.resolve(
@@ -12,20 +12,19 @@ const npmPkgLintConfigPath = path.resolve(
 );
 
 /** Spawns a npmPkgJsonLint job */
-export function npmPkgJsonLint({
-  fix,
-  verbose,
-}: Pick<LintCommandOptions, 'fix' | 'verbose'>) {
-  return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+export const npmPkgJsonLint: LintFn = ({ fix, verbose }) => {
+  return new Promise<boolean>((resolve, reject) => {
     console.log(chalk.yellow('Running npmPkgJsonLint...'));
 
     spawn('npmPkgJsonLint', [rootDir, '--configFile', npmPkgLintConfigPath], {
       cwd: rootDir,
       stdio: 'inherit',
     })
-      .on('close', resolve)
+      .on('exit', code => {
+        resolve(!code);
+      })
       .on('error', reject);
 
     /* TODO: use the JS API */
   });
-}
+};
diff --git a/tools/lint/src/prettier.ts b/tools/lint/src/prettier.ts
index cd356cda6d..613d037a5a 100644
--- a/tools/lint/src/prettier.ts
+++ b/tools/lint/src/prettier.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import path from 'path';
 
 import { esLintExtensions } from './eslint';
-import { LintCommandOptions } from './lint.types';
+import { LintFn } from './lint.types';
 
 const rootDir = process.cwd();
 const prettierConfigPath = path.resolve(
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ const prettierConfigPath = path.resolve(
 const prettierExtensions = [...esLintExtensions, 'mjs', 'json', 'md', 'yml'];
 
 /** Spawns a prettier job */
-export function prettier({
-  fix,
-  verbose,
-}: Pick<LintCommandOptions, 'fix' | 'verbose'>) {
-  return new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+export const prettier: LintFn = ({ fix, verbose }) => {
+  return new Promise<boolean>((resolve, reject) => {
     console.log(chalk.magenta('Running Prettier...'));
     spawn(
       'prettier',
@@ -31,6 +28,10 @@ export function prettier({
       {
         stdio: 'inherit',
       },
-    ).on('close', resolve);
+    )
+      .on('exit', code => {
+        resolve(!code);
+      })
+      .on('error', reject);
   });
-}
+};
diff --git a/tools/meta/src/getAllPackages.ts b/tools/meta/src/getAllPackages.ts
index 27a39ff986..ad63637ebc 100644
--- a/tools/meta/src/getAllPackages.ts
+++ b/tools/meta/src/getAllPackages.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
+
 import { getLGConfig } from './getLGConfig';
 import { getPackageName } from './getPackageName';
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ export const getAllPackages = () => {
 
   for (let scopePath of Object.values(scopes)) {
     const scopeDir = path.resolve(rootDir, scopePath);
+
     if (fs.existsSync(scopeDir)) {
       const pkgNames = fs.readdirSync(scopeDir);
       const pkgPaths = pkgNames.map(name => path.resolve(scopeDir, name));
diff --git a/tools/meta/src/getPackageName.ts b/tools/meta/src/getPackageName.ts
index bf99c15783..bba1f6f921 100644
--- a/tools/meta/src/getPackageName.ts
+++ b/tools/meta/src/getPackageName.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import fs from 'fs';
+
 import { getLGConfig } from './getLGConfig';
 
 /**
diff --git a/tools/meta/src/index.ts b/tools/meta/src/index.ts
index 5cd9988d60..553321bd5c 100644
--- a/tools/meta/src/index.ts
+++ b/tools/meta/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+export { getAllPackageNames, getAllPackages } from './getAllPackages';
 export { getLGConfig, type LGConfig } from './getLGConfig';
 export { getPackageManager } from './getPackageManager';
-export { getAllPackages, getAllPackageNames } from './getAllPackages';
 export { getPackageName } from './getPackageName';
diff --git a/tools/test/src/index.ts b/tools/test/src/index.ts
index 87eb16f9ff..3476620307 100755
--- a/tools/test/src/index.ts
+++ b/tools/test/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env node
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
-import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
 
 export interface TestCommandOptions {
   watch: boolean;
diff --git a/tools/update/src/index.ts b/tools/update/src/index.ts
index ea033fcbea..1b019e7265 100644
--- a/tools/update/src/index.ts
+++ b/tools/update/src/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
+import { getPackageManager } from '@lg-tools/meta';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
-import { getPackageManager } from '@lg-tools/meta';
 
 export interface UpdateCommandOptions {
   /**
diff --git a/tools/validate/src/builds/index.ts b/tools/validate/src/builds/index.ts
index ec8acf5b05..ae9f807967 100644
--- a/tools/validate/src/builds/index.ts
+++ b/tools/validate/src/builds/index.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
  */
 
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
+import { getAllPackages, getPackageName } from '@lg-tools/meta';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import vm from 'vm';
 
-import { getAllPackages, getPackageName } from '@lg-tools/meta';
 import { ValidateCommandOptions } from '../validate.types';
+
 import { ModuleType } from './modules.types';
 
 // A list of
diff --git a/tools/validate/src/builds/modules.types.ts b/tools/validate/src/builds/modules.types.ts
index f94fef9511..fad082969c 100644
--- a/tools/validate/src/builds/modules.types.ts
+++ b/tools/validate/src/builds/modules.types.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ export const ModuleType = {
   amd: 'amd',
   steal: 'steal',
 } as const;
-export type ModuleType = (typeof ModuleType)[keyof typeof ModuleType];
+export type ModuleType = typeof ModuleType[keyof typeof ModuleType];
diff --git a/tools/validate/src/dependencies/checkPackage.ts b/tools/validate/src/dependencies/checkPackage.ts
index 0cf8254a0e..2969141bfa 100644
--- a/tools/validate/src/dependencies/checkPackage.ts
+++ b/tools/validate/src/dependencies/checkPackage.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 import { getPackageName } from '@lg-tools/meta';
 import depcheck from 'depcheck';
+
 import { ValidateCommandOptions } from '../validate.types';
 
 import { depcheckOptions, DependencyIssues } from './config';
diff --git a/tools/validate/src/dependencies/fixDependencyIssues.ts b/tools/validate/src/dependencies/fixDependencyIssues.ts
index a9dd2893ee..ba93f973f4 100644
--- a/tools/validate/src/dependencies/fixDependencyIssues.ts
+++ b/tools/validate/src/dependencies/fixDependencyIssues.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export async function fixDependencies(
 
   // Remove all unused dependencies
   const unused = [...unusedDependencies, ...unusedDevDependencies];
+
   if (unused.length > 0) {
     verbose && console.log('Removing unused dependencies...', unused);
     spawnSync('npx', ['yarn@1.19.0', 'remove', ...unused], spawnContext);
diff --git a/tools/validate/src/dependencies/utils/getPackageDependencies.ts b/tools/validate/src/dependencies/utils/getPackageDependencies.ts
index db31b32044..683f0a9bd4 100644
--- a/tools/validate/src/dependencies/utils/getPackageDependencies.ts
+++ b/tools/validate/src/dependencies/utils/getPackageDependencies.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
+import { getAllPackageNames } from '@lg-tools/meta';
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { defaults } from 'lodash';
 
-import { getAllPackageNames } from '@lg-tools/meta';
-
 interface DependenciesOptions {
   dev?: boolean;
   peer?: boolean;
diff --git a/tools/validate/src/dependencies/utils/index.ts b/tools/validate/src/dependencies/utils/index.ts
index 27b33ee13c..9e264210a2 100644
--- a/tools/validate/src/dependencies/utils/index.ts
+++ b/tools/validate/src/dependencies/utils/index.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { isEqual } from 'lodash';
 import path from 'path';
 
-import { getPackageLGDependencies } from './getPackageDependencies';
 import { ignoreFilePatterns, ignoreMatches } from '../config';
 
+import { getPackageLGDependencies } from './getPackageDependencies';
+
 const rootDir = process.cwd();
 
 /**