diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8bc0b2ccfeb..9e432e83d93 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Bump `styled-components` from 5.3.5 to 5.3.9 ([#3678](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3678))
 - Bump `js-yaml` from 3.14.0 to 4.1.0 ([#3770](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3770))
 - Bump `oui` from `1.0.0` to `1.1.1` ([#3884](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3884))
+- Use `exec` in the CLI shell scripts to prevent new process creation ([#3955](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3955))
 - Adding @ZilongX and @Flyingliuhub as maintainers. ([#4137](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/4137))
 - Remove timeline application ([#3971](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/3971))
 
diff --git a/scripts/use_node b/scripts/use_node
index f39a39434db..f32ecbcb833 100755
--- a/scripts/use_node
+++ b/scripts/use_node
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ fi
 
 # If a file path was provided for execution, prefix with OSD_HOME; use relative paths to avoid the need for this.
 if [ ! -z "$OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH" ]; then
-  NODE_OPTIONS="$OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX $OSD_NODE_OPTS $NODE_OPTIONS" "${NODE}" "${OSD_HOME}${OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH}" "${@}"
+  NODE_OPTIONS="$OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX $OSD_NODE_OPTS $NODE_OPTIONS" exec "${NODE}" "${OSD_HOME}${OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH}" "${@}"
 elif [ $# -ne 0 ]; then
-  NODE_OPTIONS="$OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX $OSD_NODE_OPTS $NODE_OPTIONS" "${NODE}" "${@}"
+  NODE_OPTIONS="$OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX $OSD_NODE_OPTS $NODE_OPTIONS" exec "${NODE}" "${@}"
 fi
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards
index 49c41011da7..c7eae94b499 100755
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ done
 # Get an absolute path for OSD_HOME
 OSD_HOME="$(cd "$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")/.."; pwd)"
 
-OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX="--no-warnings --max-http-header-size=65536" OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH=/src/cli/dist NODE_ENV=production ${OSD_HOME}/bin/use_node "${@}"
+OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX="--no-warnings --max-http-header-size=65536" OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH=/src/cli/dist NODE_ENV=production exec ${OSD_HOME}/bin/use_node "${@}"
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-plugin b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-plugin
index 6af40438d13..a8d9829cc3c 100755
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-plugin
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/bin/scripts/opensearch-dashboards-plugin
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ done
 # Get an absolute path for OSD_HOME
 OSD_HOME="$(cd "$(dirname "${SCRIPT}")/.."; pwd)"
 
-OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX="--no-warnings" OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH=/src/cli_plugin/dist NODE_ENV=production ${OSD_HOME}/bin/use_node "${@}"
+OSD_NODE_OPTS_PREFIX="--no-warnings" OSD_USE_NODE_JS_FILE_PATH=/src/cli_plugin/dist NODE_ENV=production exec ${OSD_HOME}/bin/use_node "${@}"