diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fab0edfe30..416ab4e3e6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2072,18 +2072,18 @@ checksum = "da260301476ad19a4733a0e930db8227a48ea04561e235a5102978145ec69fcc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xshell"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3332cab90be2998a2aacb6494db45344bd16dfcc43ff36c42255018c6bcc96be"
+checksum = "4884417669886d3abff14feec797179526ade713f212e54ec08b19bc6bdc86aa"
 dependencies = [
  "xshell-macros",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xshell-macros"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f47e54cffa76000b7641328ab3bb1e146f93a1690ab86c5909c656f49d91019c"
+checksum = "37d92065701c3611323f96eac5475b995421fc7eb2bcba1336cdd80b9b2fb68f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xtask"
diff --git a/crates/ide_db/Cargo.toml b/crates/ide_db/Cargo.toml
index c71a213c40..26b51739cf 100644
--- a/crates/ide_db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ide_db/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ limit = { path = "../limit", version = "0.0.0" }
 [dev-dependencies]
 test_utils = { path = "../test_utils" }
 sourcegen = { path = "../sourcegen" }
-xshell = "0.2.0"
+xshell = "0.2.1"
 expect-test = "1.2.0-pre.1"
diff --git a/crates/rust-analyzer/Cargo.toml b/crates/rust-analyzer/Cargo.toml
index 68d728b41f..079e56c9fa 100644
--- a/crates/rust-analyzer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rust-analyzer/Cargo.toml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jemallocator = { version = "0.4.1", package = "tikv-jemallocator", optional = tr
 [dev-dependencies]
 expect-test = "1.2.0-pre.1"
 jod-thread = "0.1.0"
-xshell = "0.2.0"
+xshell = "0.2.1"
 
 test_utils = { path = "../test_utils" }
 sourcegen = { path = "../sourcegen" }
diff --git a/crates/sourcegen/Cargo.toml b/crates/sourcegen/Cargo.toml
index 10587d913d..57e183af3f 100644
--- a/crates/sourcegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sourcegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ rust-version = "1.57"
 doctest = false
 
 [dependencies]
-xshell = "0.2.0"
+xshell = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
index d9adf88c02..de6a102427 100644
--- a/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ rust-version = "1.57"
 anyhow = "1.0.26"
 flate2 = "1.0"
 write-json = "0.1.0"
-xshell = "0.2.0"
+xshell = "0.2.1"
 xflags = "0.2.1"
 # Avoid adding more dependencies to this crate
diff --git a/xtask/src/metrics.rs b/xtask/src/metrics.rs
index 27dae5a449..3da7419582 100644
--- a/xtask/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/metrics.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ impl flags::Metrics {
     pub(crate) fn run(self, sh: &Shell) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let mut metrics = Metrics::new(sh)?;
         if !self.dry_run {
-            let _ = sh.remove_path("./target/release");
+            sh.remove_path("./target/release")?;
         }
         if !Path::new("./target/rustc-perf").exists() {
             sh.create_dir("./target/rustc-perf")?;