diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index 380c6a56db72e5..5ade628e2d5d23 100644
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -1834,7 +1834,7 @@ def do_quit(self, arg):
                     reply = 'y'
                     self.message('')
                 if reply == 'y' or reply == '':
-                    sys.exit(0)
+                    sys.exit(1)
                 elif reply.lower() == 'n':
                     return
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pdb.py b/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
index 60a41becea4ca1..741b5ab92856b7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pdb.py
@@ -4453,7 +4453,7 @@ def test_quit(self):
             y
         """
 
-        stdout, stderr = self._run_script(script, commands)
+        stdout, stderr = self._run_script(script, commands, expected_returncode=1)
         self.assertIn("2", stdout)
         self.assertIn("Quit anyway", stdout)
         # Closing stdin will quit the debugger anyway so we need to confirm
@@ -4483,7 +4483,7 @@ def test_quit_after_interact(self):
             y
         """
 
-        stdout, stderr = self._run_script(script, commands)
+        stdout, stderr = self._run_script(script, commands, expected_returncode=1)
         # Normal exit should not print anything to stderr
         self.assertEqual(stderr, "")
         # The quit prompt should be printed exactly once
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-26-15-43-23.gh-issue-124703.jc5auS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-26-15-43-23.gh-issue-124703.jc5auS.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..54603dda39e977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-26-15-43-23.gh-issue-124703.jc5auS.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Set return code to ``1`` when aborting process from :mod:`pdb`.