diff --git a/packages/platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/index.ts b/packages/platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/index.ts
index 22b553208..b764be593 100644
--- a/packages/platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/index.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/index.ts
@@ -356,7 +356,9 @@ function startServerInNewWindow(
       encoding: 'utf8',
       flag: 'w',
     });
-    return execa.sync('cmd.exe', ['/C', launchPackagerScript], {
+
+    // Awaiting this causes the CLI to hang indefinitely, so this must execute without await.
+    return execa('cmd.exe', ['/C', launchPackagerScript], {
       ...procConfig,
       detached: true,
       stdio: 'ignore',