diff --git a/scripts/auto-close-duplicates.ts b/scripts/auto-close-duplicates.ts
index 2ad3bd3112..5bf2086a62 100644
--- a/scripts/auto-close-duplicates.ts
+++ b/scripts/auto-close-duplicates.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 declare global {
   var process: {
     env: Record<string, string | undefined>;
+    exitCode?: number;
   };
 }
 
@@ -271,7 +272,10 @@ async function autoCloseDuplicates(): Promise<void> {
   );
 }
 
-autoCloseDuplicates().catch(console.error);
+autoCloseDuplicates().catch((error) => {
+  console.error(error);
+  process.exitCode = 1;
+});
 
 // Make it a module
 export {};
diff --git a/scripts/backfill-duplicate-comments.ts b/scripts/backfill-duplicate-comments.ts
index f79ab43160..79ff5b08db 100644
--- a/scripts/backfill-duplicate-comments.ts
+++ b/scripts/backfill-duplicate-comments.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 declare global {
   var process: {
     env: Record<string, string | undefined>;
+    exitCode?: number;
   };
 }
 
@@ -207,7 +208,10 @@ Environment Variables:
   );
 }
 
-backfillDuplicateComments().catch(console.error);
+backfillDuplicateComments().catch((error) => {
+  console.error(error);
+  process.exitCode = 1;
+});
 
 // Make it a module
-export {};
\ No newline at end of file
+export {};