diff --git a/.circleci/configurations/jobs.yml b/.circleci/configurations/jobs.yml
index 68fb90a9651..cfef7a28f25 100644
--- a/.circleci/configurations/jobs.yml
+++ b/.circleci/configurations/jobs.yml
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ jobs:
               exit 0
             fi
 
+            export RELEASE_VERSION=$(cat /tmp/react-native-version)
             if [[ "$SLICE" == "macosx" ]]; then
               echo "[HERMES] Building Hermes for MacOS"
               export MAC_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.13
@@ -824,6 +825,7 @@ jobs:
               BUILD_TYPE="<< parameters.flavor >>" ./utils/build-ios-framework.sh "$SLICE"
               unset IOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
             fi
+            unset RELEASE_VERSION
 
             echo "Moving from build_$SLICE to $FINAL_PATH"
             mv build_"$SLICE" "$FINAL_PATH"
@@ -903,7 +905,9 @@ jobs:
             cd ./packages/react-native/sdks/hermes || exit 1
             echo "[HERMES] Creating the universal framework"
             export IOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=13.4
+            export RELEASE_VERSION=$(cat /tmp/react-native-version)
             ./utils/build-ios-framework.sh build_framework
+            unset RELEASE_VERSION
             unset IOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
       - run:
           name: Package the Hermes Apple frameworks
diff --git a/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-apple-framework.sh b/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-apple-framework.sh
index d3af54bb9ce..6e7b624c56c 100755
--- a/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-apple-framework.sh
+++ b/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-apple-framework.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 # Defines functions for building various Hermes frameworks.
 # See build-ios-framework.sh and build-mac-framework.sh for usage examples.
 
+set -x -e
+
 CURR_SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd -P)"
 
 IMPORT_HERMESC_PATH=${HERMES_OVERRIDE_HERMESC_PATH:-$PWD/build_host_hermesc/ImportHermesc.cmake}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-ios-framework.sh b/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-ios-framework.sh
index a4026a7a948..960bcddb5e8 100755
--- a/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-ios-framework.sh
+++ b/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-ios-framework.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
+set -x -e
+
 # Given a specific target, retrieve the right architecture for it
 # $1 the target you want to build. Allowed values: iphoneos, iphonesimulator, catalyst
 function get_architecture {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-mac-framework.sh b/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-mac-framework.sh
index 0492ad28f22..76d66ffe45b 100755
--- a/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-mac-framework.sh
+++ b/packages/react-native/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-mac-framework.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
+set -x -e
+
 # shellcheck source=xplat/js/react-native-github/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/build-apple-framework.sh
 CURR_SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd -P)"
 . "${CURR_SCRIPT_DIR}/build-apple-framework.sh"