diff --git a/packages/create-plugin/src/codemods/migrations/manager.ts b/packages/create-plugin/src/codemods/migrations/manager.ts
index 937e9cc84f..18ed1786c6 100644
--- a/packages/create-plugin/src/codemods/migrations/manager.ts
+++ b/packages/create-plugin/src/codemods/migrations/manager.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export async function runMigrations(migrations: Migration[], options: RunMigrati
     }
   }
 
-  setRootConfig({ version: CURRENT_APP_VERSION });
+  await setRootConfig({ version: CURRENT_APP_VERSION });
 
   if (options.commitEachMigration) {
     await gitCommitNoVerify(`chore: update .config/.cprc.json to version ${CURRENT_APP_VERSION}.`);
diff --git a/packages/create-plugin/src/commands/update.command.ts b/packages/create-plugin/src/commands/update.command.ts
index 39ba0541ae..fd61e7aa41 100644
--- a/packages/create-plugin/src/commands/update.command.ts
+++ b/packages/create-plugin/src/commands/update.command.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ export const update = async (argv: minimist.ParsedArgs) => {
     }
 
     const migrations = getMigrationsToRun(version, CURRENT_APP_VERSION);
+
+    if (migrations.length === 0) {
+      output.log({
+        title: 'No migrations to run, exiting.',
+      });
+
+      process.exit(0);
+    }
+
     // filter out minimist internal properties (_ and $0) before passing to codemod
     const { _, $0, ...codemodOptions } = argv;
     await runMigrations(migrations, {