diff --git a/cli/cli.ts b/cli/cli.ts
index d06f13c84c5..e049502375a 100644
--- a/cli/cli.ts
+++ b/cli/cli.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-import process from 'node:process';
+import { argv, exit, stdin } from 'node:process';
 import help from 'help.md';
 import { version } from 'package.json';
 import argParser from 'yargs-parser';
 import { commandAliases } from '../src/utils/options/mergeOptions';
 import run from './run/index';
 
-const command = argParser(process.argv.slice(2), {
+const command = argParser(argv.slice(2), {
 	alias: commandAliases,
 	configuration: { 'camel-case-expansion': false }
 });
 
-if (command.help || (process.argv.length <= 2 && process.stdin.isTTY)) {
+if (command.help || (argv.length <= 2 && stdin.isTTY)) {
 	console.log(`\n${help.replace('__VERSION__', version)}\n`);
 } else if (command.version) {
 	console.log(`rollup v${version}`);
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ if (command.help || (process.argv.length <= 2 && process.stdin.isTTY)) {
 		// do nothing
 	}
 
-	run(command);
+	run(command).then(() => exit(0));
 }
diff --git a/cli/run/index.ts b/cli/run/index.ts
index 6f0da69a708..24c382430b7 100644
--- a/cli/run/index.ts
+++ b/cli/run/index.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export default async function runRollup(command: Record<string, any>): Promise<v
 	if (isWatchEnabled(command.watch)) {
 		await loadFsEvents();
 		const { watch } = await import('./watch-cli');
-		watch(command);
+		await watch(command);
 	} else {
 		try {
 			const { options, warnings } = await getConfigs(command);
diff --git a/cli/run/watch-cli.ts b/cli/run/watch-cli.ts
index 14e99841023..2bf0402d6f9 100644
--- a/cli/run/watch-cli.ts
+++ b/cli/run/watch-cli.ts
@@ -154,9 +154,10 @@ export async function watch(command: Record<string, any>): Promise<void> {
 		if (watcher) await watcher.close();
 		if (configWatcher) configWatcher.close();
 
-		if (code) {
-			// eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-process-exit
-			process.exit(code);
-		}
+		// eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-process-exit
+		process.exit(code || 0);
 	}
+
+	// return a promise that never resolves to keep the process running
+	return new Promise(() => {});
 }
diff --git a/rollup.config.ts b/rollup.config.ts
index 76c37cac3da..9c3d9c71e08 100644
--- a/rollup.config.ts
+++ b/rollup.config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { exit } from 'node:process';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import alias from '@rollup/plugin-alias';
 import commonjs from '@rollup/plugin-commonjs';
@@ -138,16 +137,7 @@ export default async function (
 			terser({ module: true, output: { comments: 'some' } }),
 			collectLicensesBrowser(),
 			writeLicenseBrowser(),
-			cleanBeforeWrite('browser/dist'),
-			{
-				closeBundle() {
-					// On CI, MacOS runs sometimes do not close properly. This is a hack
-					// to fix this until the problem is understood.
-					console.log('Force quit.');
-					setTimeout(() => exit(0));
-				},
-				name: 'force-close'
-			}
+			cleanBeforeWrite('browser/dist')
 		],
 		strictDeprecations: true,
 		treeshake