diff --git a/tools/test-npm-package.js b/tools/test-npm-package.js
index 392d9feaa1938e..ecaf17ad3cf627 100755
--- a/tools/test-npm-package.js
+++ b/tools/test-npm-package.js
@@ -37,73 +37,75 @@ function spawnCopyDeepSync(source, destination) {
 }
 
 function runNPMPackageTests({ srcDir, install, rebuild, testArgs, logfile }) {
-  // Make sure we don't conflict with concurrent test runs
-  const srcHash = createHash('md5').update(srcDir).digest('hex');
-  tmpDir.path = `${tmpDir.path}.npm.${srcHash}`;
-  tmpDir.refresh();
-
-  const npmCache = path.join(tmpDir.path, 'npm-cache');
-  const npmPrefix = path.join(tmpDir.path, 'npm-prefix');
-  const npmTmp = path.join(tmpDir.path, 'npm-tmp');
-  const npmUserconfig = path.join(tmpDir.path, 'npm-userconfig');
-  const pkgDir = path.join(tmpDir.path, 'pkg');
-
-  spawnCopyDeepSync(srcDir, pkgDir);
-
-  const npmOptions = {
-    cwd: pkgDir,
-    env: Object.assign({}, process.env, {
-      'npm_config_cache': npmCache,
-      'npm_config_prefix': npmPrefix,
-      'npm_config_tmp': npmTmp,
-      'npm_config_userconfig': npmUserconfig,
-    }),
-    stdio: 'inherit',
-  };
+  try {
+    // Make sure we don't conflict with concurrent test runs
+    const srcHash = createHash('md5').update(srcDir).digest('hex');
+    tmpDir.path = `${tmpDir.path}.npm.${srcHash}`;
+    tmpDir.refresh();
 
-  if (common.isWindows) {
-    npmOptions.env.home = tmpDir.path;
-    npmOptions.env.Path = `${nodePath};${process.env.Path}`;
-  } else {
-    npmOptions.env.HOME = tmpDir.path;
-    npmOptions.env.PATH = `${nodePath}:${process.env.PATH}`;
-  }
+    const npmCache = path.join(tmpDir.path, 'npm-cache');
+    const npmPrefix = path.join(tmpDir.path, 'npm-prefix');
+    const npmTmp = path.join(tmpDir.path, 'npm-tmp');
+    const npmUserconfig = path.join(tmpDir.path, 'npm-userconfig');
+    const pkgDir = path.join(tmpDir.path, 'pkg');
+
+    spawnCopyDeepSync(srcDir, pkgDir);
+
+    const npmOptions = {
+      cwd: pkgDir,
+      env: Object.assign({}, process.env, {
+        'npm_config_cache': npmCache,
+        'npm_config_prefix': npmPrefix,
+        'npm_config_tmp': npmTmp,
+        'npm_config_userconfig': npmUserconfig,
+      }),
+      stdio: 'inherit',
+    };
+
+    if (common.isWindows) {
+      npmOptions.env.home = tmpDir.path;
+      npmOptions.env.Path = `${nodePath};${process.env.Path}`;
+    } else {
+      npmOptions.env.HOME = tmpDir.path;
+      npmOptions.env.PATH = `${nodePath}:${process.env.PATH}`;
+    }
 
-  if (rebuild) {
-    spawnSync(process.execPath, [
-      npmBin,
-      'rebuild',
-    ], npmOptions);
-  }
+    if (rebuild) {
+      handleNpmError(spawnSync(process.execPath, [npmBin, 'rebuild'], npmOptions));
+    }
 
-  if (install) {
-    spawnSync(process.execPath, [
-      npmBin,
-      'install',
-      '--ignore-scripts',
-      '--no-save',
-    ], npmOptions);
-  }
+    if (install) {
+      handleNpmError(spawnSync(process.execPath, [npmBin, 'install', '--ignore-scripts', '--no-save'], npmOptions));
+    }
+
+    const testChild = spawn(process.execPath, [npmBin, '--silent', 'run', ...testArgs], Object.assign({}, npmOptions, { stdio: 'pipe' }));
 
-  const testChild = spawn(process.execPath, [
-    npmBin,
-    '--silent',
-    'run',
-    ...testArgs,
-  ], Object.assign({}, npmOptions, { stdio: 'pipe' }));
+    testChild.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
+    testChild.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
 
-  testChild.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
-  testChild.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
+    if (logfile) {
+      const logStream = createWriteStream(logfile);
+      testChild.stdout.pipe(logStream);
+    }
 
-  if (logfile) {
-    const logStream = createWriteStream(logfile);
-    testChild.stdout.pipe(logStream);
+    testChild.on('exit', () => {
+      tmpDir.refresh();
+      rmdirSync(tmpDir.path);
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`An unexpected error occurred: ${error.message}`);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
   }
+}
 
-  testChild.on('exit', () => {
-    tmpDir.refresh();
-    rmdirSync(tmpDir.path);
-  });
+function handleNpmError(result) {
+  if (result.error) {
+    console.error(`Error executing npm command: ${result.error.message}`);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+  } else if (result.status !== 0) {
+    console.error(`npm command failed with status code ${result.status}`);
+    process.exitCode = result.status;
+  }
 }
 
 function parseArgs(args) {
@@ -137,3 +139,4 @@ function parseArgs(args) {
 }
 
 runNPMPackageTests(parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2)));
+