diff --git a/src/App.ts b/src/App.ts
index 05352264a..ec3777486 100644
--- a/src/App.ts
+++ b/src/App.ts
@@ -695,6 +695,8 @@ export default class App {
     } catch (error) {
       this.logger.warn('Authorization of incoming event did not succeed. No listeners will be called.');
       error.code = 'slack_bolt_authorization_error';
+      // disabling due to https://github.com/typescript-eslint/typescript-eslint/issues/1277
+      // eslint-disable-next-line consistent-return
       return this.handleError(error);
     }
 
@@ -860,22 +862,23 @@ export default class App {
             // Don't process the last item in the listenerMiddleware array - it shouldn't get a next fn
             const listener = listenerMiddleware.pop();
 
-            if (listener !== undefined) {
-              return processMiddleware(
-                listenerMiddleware,
-                listenerArgs as AnyMiddlewareArgs,
+            if (listener === undefined) {
+              return undefined;
+            }
+            return processMiddleware(
+              listenerMiddleware,
+              listenerArgs as AnyMiddlewareArgs,
+              context,
+              client,
+              this.logger,
+              // When the listener middleware chain is done processing, call the listener without a next fn
+              async () => listener({
+                ...(listenerArgs as AnyMiddlewareArgs),
                 context,
                 client,
-                this.logger,
-                // When the listener middleware chain is done processing, call the listener without a next fn
-                async () => listener({
-                  ...(listenerArgs as AnyMiddlewareArgs),
-                  context,
-                  client,
-                  logger: this.logger,
-                }),
-              );
-            }
+                logger: this.logger,
+              }),
+            );
           });
 
           const settledListenerResults = await allSettled(listenerResults);
@@ -890,6 +893,8 @@ export default class App {
         },
       );
     } catch (error) {
+      // disabling due to https://github.com/typescript-eslint/typescript-eslint/issues/1277
+      // eslint-disable-next-line consistent-return
       return this.handleError(error);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/receivers/ExpressReceiver.ts b/src/receivers/ExpressReceiver.ts
index 40aa9d2fa..07b955ec4 100644
--- a/src/receivers/ExpressReceiver.ts
+++ b/src/receivers/ExpressReceiver.ts
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ export default class ExpressReceiver implements Receiver {
           return reject(new ReceiverInconsistentStateError(missingServerErrorDescription));
         }
 
-        resolve(this.server);
+        return resolve(this.server);
       });
     });
   }
@@ -335,17 +335,17 @@ export default class ExpressReceiver implements Receiver {
   // TODO: the arguments should be defined as the arguments to close() (which happen to be none), but for sake of
   // generic types
   public stop(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.server === undefined) {
+      return Promise.reject(new ReceiverInconsistentStateError('The receiver cannot be stopped because it was not started.'));
+    }
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      if (this.server === undefined) {
-        return reject(new ReceiverInconsistentStateError('The receiver cannot be stopped because it was not started.'));
-      }
-      this.server.close((error) => {
+      this.server?.close((error) => {
         if (error !== undefined) {
           return reject(error);
         }
 
         this.server = undefined;
-        resolve();
+        return resolve();
       });
     });
   }
diff --git a/src/receivers/HTTPReceiver.ts b/src/receivers/HTTPReceiver.ts
index d8e4805e8..bedae60a7 100644
--- a/src/receivers/HTTPReceiver.ts
+++ b/src/receivers/HTTPReceiver.ts
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ export default class HTTPReceiver implements Receiver {
           return reject(new ReceiverInconsistentStateError(missingServerErrorDescription));
         }
 
-        resolve(this.server);
+        return resolve(this.server);
       });
     });
   }
@@ -250,17 +250,17 @@ export default class HTTPReceiver implements Receiver {
   // TODO: the arguments should be defined as the arguments to close() (which happen to be none), but for sake of
   // generic types
   public stop(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.server === undefined) {
+      return Promise.reject(new ReceiverInconsistentStateError('The receiver cannot be stopped because it was not started.'));
+    }
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      if (this.server === undefined) {
-        return reject(new ReceiverInconsistentStateError('The receiver cannot be stopped because it was not started.'));
-      }
-      this.server.close((error) => {
+      this.server?.close((error) => {
         if (error !== undefined) {
           return reject(error);
         }
 
         this.server = undefined;
-        resolve();
+        return resolve();
       });
     });
   }