diff --git a/.changes/fix-command-spawn-deadlock.md b/.changes/fix-command-spawn-deadlock.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d352fe11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-command-spawn-deadlock.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri": patch:bug
+---
+
+Fixes a deadlock when reading a stdout or stderr line returns an error.
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/api/process/command.rs b/core/tauri/src/api/process/command.rs
index 6b3fd73db..6b630bad0 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/api/process/command.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/api/process/command.rs
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ fn spawn_pipe_reader<F: Fn(String) -> CommandEvent + Send + Copy + 'static>(
         Err(e) => {
           let tx_ = tx.clone();
           let _ = block_on_task(async move { tx_.send(CommandEvent::Error(e.to_string())).await });
+          break;
         }
       }
     }