diff --git a/tools/format.js b/tools/format.js
index fe18352f36..b13159613a 100755
--- a/tools/format.js
+++ b/tools/format.js
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ import { getPrebuiltToolPath, join, ROOT_PATH } from "./util.js";
 async function dprint() {
   const configFile = join(ROOT_PATH, ".dprint.json");
   const execPath = getPrebuiltToolPath("dprint");
-  const { success } = await Deno.spawn(execPath, {
+  const cmd = new Deno.Command(execPath, {
     args: ["fmt", "--config=" + configFile],
     stdout: "inherit",
     stderr: "inherit",
   });
-  if (!success) {
+
+  const { code } = await cmd.output();
+
+  if (code > 0) {
     throw new Error("dprint failed");
   }
 }
@@ -20,12 +23,14 @@ async function main() {
   await dprint();
 
   if (Deno.args.includes("--check")) {
-    const { success, stdout } = await Deno.spawn("git", {
+    const cmd = new Deno.Command("git", {
       args: ["status", "-uno", "--porcelain", "--ignore-submodules"],
       stderr: "inherit",
     });
 
-    if (!success) {
+    const { code, stdout } = await cmd.output();
+
+    if (code > 0) {
       throw new Error("git status failed");
     }
     const out = new TextDecoder().decode(stdout);
diff --git a/tools/lint.js b/tools/lint.js
index a9279bb25e..baa1e9c3c0 100755
--- a/tools/lint.js
+++ b/tools/lint.js
@@ -43,12 +43,14 @@ async function dlint() {
 
   const chunks = splitToChunks(sourceFiles, `${execPath} run`.length);
   for (const chunk of chunks) {
-    const { success } = await Deno.spawn(execPath, {
+    const cmd = new Deno.Command(execPath, {
       args: ["run", "--config=" + configFile, ...chunk],
       stdout: "inherit",
       stderr: "inherit",
     });
-    if (!success) {
+    const { code } = await cmd.output();
+
+    if (code > 0) {
       throw new Error("dlint failed");
     }
   }
@@ -74,12 +76,14 @@ async function dlintPreferPrimordials() {
 
   const chunks = splitToChunks(sourceFiles, `${execPath} run`.length);
   for (const chunk of chunks) {
-    const { success } = await Deno.spawn(execPath, {
+    const cmd = new Deno.Command(execPath, {
       args: ["run", "--rule", "prefer-primordials", ...chunk],
       stdout: "inherit",
       stderr: "inherit",
     });
-    if (!success) {
+    const { code } = await cmd.output();
+
+    if (code > 0) {
       throw new Error("prefer-primordials failed");
     }
   }
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ async function clippy() {
     cmd.push("--release");
   }
 
-  const { success } = await Deno.spawn("cargo", {
+  const cargoCmd = new Deno.Command("cargo", {
     args: [
       ...cmd,
       "--",
@@ -121,7 +125,9 @@ async function clippy() {
     stdout: "inherit",
     stderr: "inherit",
   });
-  if (!success) {
+  const { code } = await cargoCmd.output();
+
+  if (code > 0) {
     throw new Error("clippy failed");
   }
 }