diff --git a/packages/js/src/executors/verdaccio/verdaccio.impl.ts b/packages/js/src/executors/verdaccio/verdaccio.impl.ts
index 1af6e7887b3dc..bb1f2076fdb95 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/executors/verdaccio/verdaccio.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/executors/verdaccio/verdaccio.impl.ts
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ export async function verdaccioExecutor(
     options.location === 'none' ? [] : [setupNpm(options), setupYarn(options)];
 
   const processExitListener = (signal?: number | NodeJS.Signals) => {
-    if (childProcess) {
-      childProcess.kill(signal);
-    }
     for (const fn of cleanupFunctions) {
       fn();
     }
+    if (childProcess) {
+      childProcess.kill(signal);
+    }
   };
   process.on('exit', processExitListener);
   process.on('SIGTERM', processExitListener);