diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts
index 6e940d935048e..5b6f7404e64a0 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts
@@ -69,12 +69,6 @@ it('builds a generated plugin into a viable archive', async () => {
   expect(filterLogs(buildProc.all)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
     " info deleting the build and target directories
      info run bazel and build required artifacts for the optimizer
-     │      INFO: Invocation ID: 0a55204d-302f-409d-b104-18c73f7ec8ba
-     │      INFO: Analyzed 3 targets (0 packages loaded, 0 targets configured).
-     │      INFO: Found 3 targets...
-     │      INFO: Elapsed time: <time>, Critical Path: <time>
-     │      INFO: 1 process: 1 internal.
-     │      
      succ bazel run successfully and artifacts were created
      info running @kbn/optimizer
      │ succ browser bundle created at plugins/foo_test_plugin/build/kibana/fooTestPlugin/target/public
diff --git a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/tasks/bazel_packages.ts b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/tasks/bazel_packages.ts
index 1ba9b363b6e21..f5789c0f73bec 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/tasks/bazel_packages.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/tasks/bazel_packages.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ export async function buildBazelPackages({ log, dist }: TaskContext) {
       ].concat(dist ? [`--define=dist=true`] : []),
       {
         logPrefix: ' │     ',
+        quiet: true
       }
     );
 
     log.success('bazel run successfully and artifacts were created');
   } catch (e) {
     log.error(`bazel run failed: ${e}`);
+    process.exit(1);
   }
 }