diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 092519ae..d53066f5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The following pipeline will run `test.sh` inside a `app` service container using
 steps:
   - command: test.sh
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           run: app
 ```
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ through if you need:
 steps:
   - command: test.sh
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           run: app
           config: docker-compose.tests.yml
           env:
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ or multiple config files:
 steps:
   - command: test.sh
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           run: app
           config:
             - docker-compose.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ env:
 steps:
   - command: test.sh
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           run: app
 ```
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ steps:
   - plugins:
       - docker-login#v2.0.1:
           username: xyz
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           build: app
           image-repository: index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo
   - wait
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ steps:
     plugins:
       - docker-login#v2.0.1:
           username: xyz
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           run: app
 ```
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ If you want to control how your command is passed to docker-compose, you can use
 ```yml
 steps:
   - plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           run: app
           command: ["custom", "command", "values"]
 ```
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ steps:
   - command: generate-dist.sh
     artifact_paths: "dist/*"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           run: app
 ```
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ steps:
   - command: generate-dist.sh
     artifact_paths: "dist/*"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           run: app
           volumes:
             - "./dist:/app/dist"
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ this plugin offers a `environment` block of its own:
 steps:
   - command: generate-dist.sh
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           run: app
           env:
             - BUILDKITE_BUILD_NUMBER
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Alternatively, if you want to set build arguments when pre-building an image, th
 steps:
   - command: generate-dist.sh
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           build: app
           image-repository: index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo
           args:
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ To speed up run steps that use the same service/image (such as steps that run in
 steps:
   - label: ":docker: Build"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           build: app
           image-repository: index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ steps:
     command: test.sh
     parallelism: 25
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           run: app
 ```
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ steps:
     agents:
       queue: docker-builder
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           build:
             - app
             - tests
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ steps:
     command: test.sh
     parallelism: 25
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           run: tests
 ```
 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ If you want to push your Docker images ready for deployment, you can use the `pu
 steps:
   - label: ":docker: Push"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           push: app
 ```
 
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ steps:
     plugins:
       - docker-login#v2.0.1:
           username: xyz
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           push: app
 ```
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ steps:
     plugins:
       - docker-login#v2.0.1:
           username: xyz
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           push:
             - first-service
             - second-service
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ steps:
     plugins:
       - docker-login#v2.0.1:
           username: xyz
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           push:
             - app:index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo/myapp
             - app:index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo/myapp:latest
@@ -276,14 +276,14 @@ A newly spawned agent won't contain any of the docker caches for the first run w
 steps:
   - label: ":docker: Build an image"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           build: app
           image-repository: index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo
           cache-from: app:index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo/myapp:latest
   - wait
   - label: ":docker: Push to final repository"
     plugins:
-      - docker-compose#v3.10.0:
+      - docker-compose#v3.11.1:
           push:
             - app:index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo/myapp
             - app:index.docker.io/myorg/myrepo/myapp:latest
diff --git a/commands/run.sh b/commands/run.sh
index 46344b36..9f15be28 100755
--- a/commands/run.sh
+++ b/commands/run.sh
@@ -239,19 +239,35 @@ elif [[ ! -f "$override_file" ]]; then
   echo
 fi
 
-# Start up service dependencies in a different header to keep the main run with less noise
+dependency_exitcode=0
 if [[ "$(plugin_read_config DEPENDENCIES "true")" == "true" ]] ; then
+
+  # Start up service dependencies in a different header to keep the main run with less noise
   echo "~~~ :docker: Starting dependencies"
   if [[ ${#up_params[@]} -gt 0 ]] ; then
-    run_docker_compose "${up_params[@]}" up -d --scale "${run_service}=0" "${run_service}"
+    run_docker_compose "${up_params[@]}" up -d --scale "${run_service}=0" "${run_service}" || dependency_exitcode=$?
   else
-    run_docker_compose up -d --scale "${run_service}=0" "${run_service}"
+    run_docker_compose up -d --scale "${run_service}=0" "${run_service}" || dependency_exitcode=$?
   fi
 
   # Sometimes docker-compose leaves unfinished ansi codes
   echo
 fi
 
+if [[ $dependency_exitcode -ne 0 ]] ; then
+  # Dependent services failed to start.
+  echo "^^^ +++"
+  echo "+++ 🚨 Failed to start dependencies"
+
+  if [[ -n "${BUILDKITE_AGENT_ACCESS_TOKEN:-}" ]] ; then
+    print_failed_container_information
+
+    upload_container_logs "$run_service"
+  fi
+
+  return $dependency_exitcode
+fi
+
 shell=()
 shell_disabled=1
 result=()
@@ -354,35 +370,9 @@ fi
 
 if [[ -n "${BUILDKITE_AGENT_ACCESS_TOKEN:-}" ]] ; then
   if [[ "$(plugin_read_config CHECK_LINKED_CONTAINERS "true")" != "false" ]] ; then
+    print_failed_container_information
 
-    # Get list of failed containers
-    containers=()
-    while read -r container ; do
-      [[ -n "$container" ]] && containers+=("$container")
-    done <<< "$(docker_ps_by_project -q)"
-
-    failed_containers=()
-    if [[ 0 != "${#containers[@]}" ]] ; then
-      while read -r container ; do
-        [[ -n "$container" ]] && failed_containers+=("$container")
-      done <<< "$(docker inspect -f '{{if ne 0 .State.ExitCode}}{{.Name}}.{{.State.ExitCode}}{{ end }}' \
-        "${containers[@]}")"
-    fi
-
-    if [[ 0 != "${#failed_containers[@]}" ]] ; then
-      echo "+++ :warning: Some containers had non-zero exit codes"
-      docker_ps_by_project \
-        --format 'table {{.Label "com.docker.compose.service"}}\t{{ .ID }}\t{{ .Status }}'
-    fi
-
-    check_linked_containers_and_save_logs \
-      "$run_service" "docker-compose-logs" \
-      "$(plugin_read_config UPLOAD_CONTAINER_LOGS "on-error")"
-
-    if [[ -d "docker-compose-logs" ]] && test -n "$(find docker-compose-logs/ -maxdepth 1 -name '*.log' -print)"; then
-      echo "~~~ Uploading linked container logs"
-      buildkite-agent artifact upload "docker-compose-logs/*.log"
-    fi
+    upload_container_logs "$run_service"
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/lib/run.bash b/lib/run.bash
index bd057ab7..3c88be92 100644
--- a/lib/run.bash
+++ b/lib/run.bash
@@ -88,3 +88,42 @@ expand_relative_volume_path() {
 
   echo "${path/.\//$pwd/}"
 }
+
+# Prints information about the failed containers.
+function print_failed_container_information() {
+  # Get list of failed containers
+  containers=()
+  while read -r container ; do
+    [[ -n "$container" ]] && containers+=("$container")
+  done <<< "$(docker_ps_by_project -q)"
+
+  failed_containers=()
+  if [[ 0 != "${#containers[@]}" ]] ; then
+    while read -r container ; do
+      [[ -n "$container" ]] && failed_containers+=("$container")
+    done <<< "$(docker inspect -f '{{if ne 0 .State.ExitCode}}{{.Name}}.{{.State.ExitCode}}{{ end }}' \
+      "${containers[@]}")"
+  fi
+
+  if [[ 0 != "${#failed_containers[@]}" ]] ; then
+    echo "+++ :warning: Some containers had non-zero exit codes"
+    docker_ps_by_project \
+      --format 'table {{.Label "com.docker.compose.service"}}\t{{ .ID }}\t{{ .Status }}'
+  fi
+}
+
+# Uploads the container's logs, respecting the `UPLOAD_CONTAINER_LOGS` option
+function upload_container_logs() {
+  run_service="$1"
+
+  if [[ -n "${BUILDKITE_AGENT_ACCESS_TOKEN:-}" ]] ; then
+    check_linked_containers_and_save_logs \
+      "$run_service" "docker-compose-logs" \
+      "$(plugin_read_config UPLOAD_CONTAINER_LOGS "on-error")"
+
+    if [[ -d "docker-compose-logs" ]] && test -n "$(find docker-compose-logs/ -maxdepth 1 -name '*.log' -print)"; then
+      echo "~~~ Uploading linked container logs"
+      buildkite-agent artifact upload "docker-compose-logs/*.log"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/tests/output.bats b/tests/output.bats
index 3139f7ca..a7952cb7 100644
--- a/tests/output.bats
+++ b/tests/output.bats
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ load '../lib/run'
 
   stub buildkite-agent \
     "meta-data exists docker-compose-plugin-built-image-tag-myservice : exit 1" \
-    "artifact upload : exit 0"
+    "artifact upload docker-compose-logs/\*.log : exit 0"
 
   stub docker-compose \
     "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 build --pull myservice : echo built myservice" \
-    "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 up -d --scale myservice=0 : echo ran myservice dependencies" \
-    "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 run --name buildkite1111_myservice_build_1 --rm myservice echo 'hello world' : echo ran myservice"
+    "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 up -d --scale myservice=0 myservice : echo ran myservice dependencies" \
+    "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 run --name buildkite1111_myservice_build_1 --rm myservice echo 'hello world' : echo ran myservice command"
 
   stub docker \
     "ps -a --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=buildkite1111 -q : cat tests/fixtures/id-multiple-services.txt" \
@@ -46,7 +46,51 @@ load '../lib/run'
 
   assert_success
   assert_output --partial "built myservice"
-  assert_output --partial "ran myservice"
+  assert_output --partial "ran myservice dependencies"
+  assert_output --partial "ran myservice command"
+  assert_output --partial "Some containers had non-zero exit codes"
+  unstub buildkite-agent
+  unstub docker-compose
+  unstub docker
+}
+
+@test "Logs: Detect dependent services KO" {
+  # Test for Issue #327, Container logs are not uploaded when services fail to start.
+  export BUILDKITE_AGENT_ACCESS_TOKEN="123123"
+  export BUILDKITE_JOB_ID=1111
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN=myservice
+  export BUILDKITE_PIPELINE_SLUG=test
+  export BUILDKITE_BUILD_NUMBER=1
+  export BUILDKITE_COMMAND=""
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_DOCKER_COMPOSE_COMMAND_0=echo
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_DOCKER_COMPOSE_COMMAND_1="hello world"
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_DOCKER_COMPOSE_CHECK_LINKED_CONTAINERS=true
+  export BUILDKITE_PLUGIN_DOCKER_COMPOSE_CLEANUP=false
+
+
+  stub buildkite-agent \
+    "meta-data exists docker-compose-plugin-built-image-tag-myservice : exit 1" \
+    "artifact upload docker-compose-logs/\*.log : exit 0"
+
+  stub docker-compose \
+    "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 build --pull myservice : echo built myservice" \
+    "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 up -d --scale myservice=0 myservice : exit 1" \
+
+  stub docker \
+    "ps -a --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=buildkite1111 -q : cat tests/fixtures/id-multiple-services.txt" \
+    "inspect -f {{if\ ne\ 0\ .State.ExitCode}}{{.Name}}.{{.State.ExitCode}}{{\ end\ }} 456456 789789 : echo 456456.1" \
+    "ps -a --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=buildkite1111 --format \* : cat tests/fixtures/service-id-exit-multiple-services-failed.txt" \
+    "ps -a --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=buildkite1111 --format \* : cat tests/fixtures/id-service-multiple-services.txt" \
+    "inspect --format={{.State.ExitCode}} 456456 : echo 1" \
+    "logs --timestamps --tail 5 456456 : exit 0" \
+    "logs -t 456456 : exit 0" \
+    "inspect --format={{.State.ExitCode}} 789789 : echo 0"
+
+  run $PWD/hooks/command
+
+  assert_failure
+  assert_output --partial "built myservice"
+  assert_output --partial "Failed to start dependencies"
   assert_output --partial "Some containers had non-zero exit codes"
   unstub buildkite-agent
   unstub docker-compose
@@ -72,7 +116,7 @@ load '../lib/run'
   stub docker-compose \
     "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 build --pull myservice : echo built myservice" \
     "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 up -d --scale myservice=0 myservice : echo ran myservice dependencies" \
-    "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 run --name buildkite1111_myservice_build_1 --rm myservice echo 'hello world' : echo ran myservice"
+    "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 run --name buildkite1111_myservice_build_1 --rm myservice echo 'hello world' : echo ran myservice command"
 
   stub docker \
     "ps -a --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=buildkite1111 -q : cat tests/fixtures/id-multiple-services.txt" \
@@ -85,7 +129,8 @@ load '../lib/run'
 
   assert_success
   assert_output --partial "built myservice"
-  assert_output --partial "ran myservice"
+  assert_output --partial "ran myservice dependencies"
+  assert_output --partial "ran myservice command"
   refute_output --partial "Some containers had non-zero exit codes"
   unstub docker
   unstub docker-compose
@@ -113,18 +158,19 @@ load '../lib/run'
 
   stub docker-compose \
     "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 build --pull myservice : echo built myservice" \
-    "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 up -d --scale myservice=0 : echo ran myservice dependencies" \
-    "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 run --name buildkite1111_myservice_build_1 --rm myservice echo 'hello world' : echo ran myservice"
+    "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 up -d --scale myservice=0 myservice : echo ran myservice dependencies" \
+    "-f docker-compose.yml -p buildkite1111 run --name buildkite1111_myservice_build_1 --rm myservice echo 'hello world' : echo ran myservice command"
 
   stub docker \
     "ps -a --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=buildkite1111 -q : echo" \
-    "ps -a --filter : cat tests/fixtures/id-service-no-services.txt"
+    "ps -a --filter label=com.docker.compose.project=buildkite1111 --format '{{.ID}}\\t{{.Label \"com.docker.compose.service\"}}' : cat tests/fixtures/id-service-no-services.txt"
 
   run $PWD/hooks/command
 
   assert_success
   assert_output --partial "built myservice"
-  assert_output --partial "ran myservice"
+  assert_output --partial "ran myservice dependencies"
+  assert_output --partial "ran myservice command"
   refute_output --partial "Uploading linked container logs"
   unstub docker
   unstub docker-compose