diff --git a/src/actions/lifecycle.ts b/src/actions/lifecycle.ts
index d4627db7..f1d6dfc0 100644
--- a/src/actions/lifecycle.ts
+++ b/src/actions/lifecycle.ts
@@ -345,13 +345,7 @@ export abstract class TasksMixin {
         return;
       }
 
-      try {
-        this.env.emit('error', error);
-      } catch (error: unknown) {
-        setImmediate(() => {
-          throw error;
-        });
-      }
+      throw error;
     } finally {
       delete this.runningState;
     }
diff --git a/test/base.test.ts b/test/base.test.ts
index 7fb39a68..9b252ac9 100644
--- a/test/base.test.ts
+++ b/test/base.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import process from 'node:process';
 import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer';
+import { esmocha, expect } from 'esmocha';
 import { extend } from 'lodash-es';
 import { spy as sinonSpy, fake as sinonFake, assert as sinonAssert } from 'sinon';
 import { passthrough } from '@yeoman/transform';
@@ -1461,6 +1462,40 @@ describe('Base', () => {
       await gen.run();
       assert.equal(thrown, true);
     });
+
+    it('rejecting a task should stop the queue', async function () {
+      const gen = new Generator({
+        resolved: resolveddir,
+        namespace: 'dummy',
+        env,
+        testQueue: 'This value',
+      });
+
+      const queueName = 'configuring';
+      gen.queueTask({
+        method() {
+          throw new Error('Some error');
+        },
+        queueName,
+        taskName: 'foo',
+        run: false,
+      });
+
+      const secondTask = esmocha.fn();
+      gen.queueTask({
+        method: secondTask,
+        queueName,
+        taskName: 'secondTask',
+        run: false,
+      });
+
+      await expect(gen.run()).rejects.toThrow('Some error');
+      if (env.runLoop) {
+        expect(env.runLoop.running).toBe(false);
+      }
+
+      expect(secondTask).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
   });
 
   describe('Custom priorities', () => {