diff --git a/packages/flutterfire_cli/lib/src/common/strings.dart b/packages/flutterfire_cli/lib/src/common/strings.dart
index 5eb846e6..6309d4a7 100644
--- a/packages/flutterfire_cli/lib/src/common/strings.dart
+++ b/packages/flutterfire_cli/lib/src/common/strings.dart
@@ -103,6 +103,15 @@ const noPathVariableFound = r'There is no $PATH variable in your environment. '
 const validationCheck =
     'This should be validated before any configuration is written to the project.';
 
+/// Text appended to firebase tools CLI output even when successful. See:
+/// https://github.com/invertase/flutterfire_cli/issues/262
+/// https://github.com/invertase/flutterfire_cli/issues/282
+const appendedErrorText = '''
+}{
+  "status": "error",
+  "error": "Timed out."
+}''';
+
 /// A base class for all FlutterFire CLI exceptions.
 abstract class FlutterFireException implements Exception {}
 
diff --git a/packages/flutterfire_cli/lib/src/common/utils.dart b/packages/flutterfire_cli/lib/src/common/utils.dart
index 15c76e7d..5c886e78 100644
--- a/packages/flutterfire_cli/lib/src/common/utils.dart
+++ b/packages/flutterfire_cli/lib/src/common/utils.dart
@@ -534,3 +534,10 @@ void validateAndroidPackageName(String appId) {
     );
   }
 }
+
+String firebaseCLIJsonParse(String output) {
+  return output.replaceFirst(
+    appendedErrorText,
+    '}',
+  );
+}
diff --git a/packages/flutterfire_cli/lib/src/firebase.dart b/packages/flutterfire_cli/lib/src/firebase.dart
index ae641e72..afe2b484 100644
--- a/packages/flutterfire_cli/lib/src/firebase.dart
+++ b/packages/flutterfire_cli/lib/src/firebase.dart
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Future<Map<String, dynamic>> runFirebaseCommand(
     runInShell: true,
   );
 
-  final jsonString = process.stdout.toString();
+  final jsonString = firebaseCLIJsonParse(process.stdout.toString());
 
   Map<String, dynamic> commandResult;
 
diff --git a/packages/flutterfire_cli/test/unit_tests.dart b/packages/flutterfire_cli/test/unit_tests.dart
index fb19df16..3d38382b 100644
--- a/packages/flutterfire_cli/test/unit_tests.dart
+++ b/packages/flutterfire_cli/test/unit_tests.dart
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import 'dart:convert';
+
 import 'package:flutterfire_cli/src/common/strings.dart';
 import 'package:flutterfire_cli/src/common/utils.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
@@ -128,4 +130,96 @@ void main() {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  group(
+    'Firebase CLI JSON response parser function `firebaseCLIJsonParse()`',
+    () {
+      test('Valid JSON response from Firebase CLI', () {
+        const jsonData = '''
+          {
+            "status": "success",
+            "result": [
+              {
+                "projectId": "project-id",
+                "projectNumber": "2380",
+                "displayName": "Display",
+                "name": "projects/project-id",
+                "resources": {
+                  "hostingSite": "project-id",
+                  "storageBucket": "project-id.appspot.com",
+                  "locationId": "europe-west"
+                },
+                "state": "ACTIVE",
+                "etag": "1_c74d64e0-ba66-42e6-88se-303ds3222dsds"
+              },
+              {
+                "projectId": "rtc-test-94090",
+                "projectNumber": "978336444",
+                "displayName": "rtc-test",
+                "name": "projects/rtc-test-9848",
+                "resources": {
+                  "hostingSite": "rtc-test-93d9839"
+                },
+                "state": "ACTIVE",
+                "etag": "1_81c10fa0-f712-4cbf-b0fd-e35e0403094"
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+          ''';
+
+        final jsonString = firebaseCLIJsonParse(jsonData);
+        // This should succeed in parsing JSON
+        final result = Map<String, dynamic>.from(
+          const JsonDecoder().convert(jsonString) as Map,
+        );
+
+        expect(result['status'], 'success');
+      });
+
+      test('Invalid JSON response from Firebase CLI', () {
+        const jsonData = '''
+          {
+            "status": "success",
+            "result": [
+              {
+                "projectId": "project-id",
+                "projectNumber": "2380",
+                "displayName": "Display",
+                "name": "projects/project-id",
+                "resources": {
+                  "hostingSite": "project-id",
+                  "storageBucket": "project-id.appspot.com",
+                  "locationId": "europe-west"
+                },
+                "state": "ACTIVE",
+                "etag": "1_c74d64e0-ba66-42e6-88se-303ds3222dsds"
+              },
+              {
+                "projectId": "rtc-test-94090",
+                "projectNumber": "978336444",
+                "displayName": "rtc-test",
+                "name": "projects/rtc-test-9848",
+                "resources": {
+                  "hostingSite": "rtc-test-93d9839"
+                },
+                "state": "ACTIVE",
+                "etag": "1_81c10fa0-f712-4cbf-b0fd-e35e0403094"
+              }
+            ]
+          }{
+            "status": "error",
+            "error": "Timed out."
+          }
+          ''';
+
+        final jsonString = firebaseCLIJsonParse(jsonData);
+        // This should succeed in parsing JSON
+        final result = Map<String, dynamic>.from(
+          const JsonDecoder().convert(jsonString) as Map,
+        );
+
+        expect(result['status'], 'success');
+      });
+    },
+  );
 }