diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/export.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/export.test.ts
index fa34074..04c1bf9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/export.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/export.test.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe('export command', () => {
     expect(logSpy.mock.calls.length).toBe(0);
     expect(errorSpy.mock.calls.length).toBe(1);
     const error = JSON.parse(errorSpy.mock.calls[0][0]);
-    expect(error.error).toContain('Invalid format "not-a-format"');
+    expect(error.message).toContain('Invalid format "not-a-format"');
     expect(process.exitCode).toBe(1);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/export.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/export.ts
index cf086b6..1bd779d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/export.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/export.ts
@@ -118,5 +118,6 @@ export default defineCommand({
     // A successful export exits 0 even if the source has lint findings; those
     // are surfaced by `lint`, not by whether the export itself produced output.
     // The error branches above set a non-zero code and return before this point.
+    process.exitCode = 0;
   },
 });