diff --git a/bin/sf-prepack.js b/bin/sf-prepack.js
index f7ad5154..8313cf13 100755
--- a/bin/sf-prepack.js
+++ b/bin/sf-prepack.js
@@ -13,10 +13,38 @@ const packageRoot = require('../utils/package-path');
 
 shell.exec('yarn build');
 
+const semverIsLessThan = (version, target) => {
+  const [major, minor, patch] = version.split('.').map((v) => parseInt(v, 10));
+  const [targetMajor, targetMinor, targetPatch] = target.split('.').map((v) => parseInt(v, 10));
+  if (major < targetMajor) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (major === targetMajor && minor < targetMinor) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  if (major === targetMajor && minor === targetMinor && patch < targetPatch) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+};
+
 if (isPlugin(packageRoot)) {
   if (shell.which('oclif')) {
     shell.exec('oclif manifest .');
+    const version = shell.exec('oclif --version', { silent: true }).stdout.trim().replace('oclif/', '').split(' ')[0];
+    if (semverIsLessThan(version, '3.14.0')) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.log(
+        chalk.yellow('Warning:'),
+        // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
+        `oclif version ${version} is less than 3.14.0. Please upgrade to 3.14.0 or higher to use generate oclif.lock file.`
+      );
+    } else {
+      shell.exec('oclif lock');
+    }
   } else if (shell.which('oclif-dev')) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log(chalk.yellow('Warning:'), 'oclif-dev is deprecated. Please use oclif instead.');
     shell.exec('oclif-dev manifest');
   } else {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
diff --git a/utils/shelljs.js b/utils/shelljs.js
index 302d9777..7a7dc396 100644
--- a/utils/shelljs.js
+++ b/utils/shelljs.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ shell.exec = function (command, ...args) {
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
   console.error(chalk.blue(command));
   try {
-    origExec.call(shell, command, ...args);
+    return origExec.call(shell, command, ...args);
   } catch (err) {
     // Setting -e will throw an error. We are already displaying the command
     // output above which has information on the problem, so don't show the