diff --git a/executor/linux/build.go b/executor/linux/build.go
index a6dc21c7..605a737a 100644
--- a/executor/linux/build.go
+++ b/executor/linux/build.go
@@ -511,7 +511,12 @@ func (c *client) ExecBuild(ctx context.Context) error {
 		// check if the step should be skipped
 		//
 		// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-vela/worker/internal/step#Skip
-		if step.Skip(_step, c.build, c.repo) {
+		skip, err := step.Skip(_step, c.build, c.repo)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to plan step: %w", c.err)
+		}
+
+		if skip {
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/executor/linux/stage.go b/executor/linux/stage.go
index 62660970..59a8fb0a 100644
--- a/executor/linux/stage.go
+++ b/executor/linux/stage.go
@@ -140,13 +140,18 @@ func (c *client) ExecStage(ctx context.Context, s *pipeline.Stage, m *sync.Map)
 		// check if the step should be skipped
 		//
 		// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-vela/worker/internal/step#Skip
-		if step.Skip(_step, c.build, c.repo) {
+		skip, err := step.Skip(_step, c.build, c.repo)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to plan step: %w", c.err)
+		}
+
+		if skip {
 			continue
 		}
 
 		logger.Debugf("planning %s step", _step.Name)
 		// plan the step
-		err := c.PlanStep(ctx, _step)
+		err = c.PlanStep(ctx, _step)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to plan step %s: %w", _step.Name, err)
 		}
diff --git a/executor/local/build.go b/executor/local/build.go
index 31d2c5ef..eb48abd1 100644
--- a/executor/local/build.go
+++ b/executor/local/build.go
@@ -274,7 +274,12 @@ func (c *client) ExecBuild(ctx context.Context) error {
 		// check if the step should be skipped
 		//
 		// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-vela/worker/internal/step#Skip
-		if step.Skip(_step, c.build, c.repo) {
+		skip, err := step.Skip(_step, c.build, c.repo)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to plan step: %w", c.err)
+		}
+
+		if skip {
 			logrus.Infof("Skipping step %s due to ruleset", _step.Name)
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/executor/local/stage.go b/executor/local/stage.go
index a6328a3d..abed1868 100644
--- a/executor/local/stage.go
+++ b/executor/local/stage.go
@@ -90,13 +90,18 @@ func (c *client) ExecStage(ctx context.Context, s *pipeline.Stage, m *sync.Map)
 		// check if the step should be skipped
 		//
 		// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-vela/worker/internal/step#Skip
-		if step.Skip(_step, c.build, c.repo) {
+		skip, err := step.Skip(_step, c.build, c.repo)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to plan step: %w", c.err)
+		}
+
+		if skip {
 			logrus.Infof("Skipping step %s due to ruleset", _step.Name)
 			continue
 		}
 
 		// plan the step
-		err := c.PlanStep(ctx, _step)
+		err = c.PlanStep(ctx, _step)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to plan step %s: %w", _step.Name, err)
 		}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7464c160..33ac9610 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.9.1
 	github.com/go-vela/sdk-go v0.21.0
-	github.com/go-vela/server v0.21.0
-	github.com/go-vela/types v0.21.0
+	github.com/go-vela/server v0.21.1-0.20231017135815-bb35e76f6056
+	github.com/go-vela/types v0.21.1-0.20231012142227-0c0b890487af
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.0.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b3123bbc..6b217251 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20230315185526-52ccab3ef572 h1:tfuBGBXKqDEe
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20230315185526-52ccab3ef572/go.mod h1:9Pwr4B2jHnOSGXyyzV8ROjYa2ojvAY6HCGYYfMoC3Ls=
 github.com/go-vela/sdk-go v0.21.0 h1:Hedak1Yk9rGn3ZBOvLvxLrMcyvBf3+RB6/wMgHNxyxw=
 github.com/go-vela/sdk-go v0.21.0/go.mod h1:fNMQxSqBCXQH6bK3Ej0aCj/iugEDZNEIWW3Xj/m22AQ=
-github.com/go-vela/server v0.21.0 h1:tBSUMp1rni2i1wOzP2uxh7o6uTkzjrYfRe0fKJBOcNA=
-github.com/go-vela/server v0.21.0/go.mod h1:3pp/hg5NUZ6VbbDC6JO97H7Ry7vv/qKA8GpWsaUpZ1M=
-github.com/go-vela/types v0.21.0 h1:yZrVUw4jKO0JHaUBkOIZZdniDGyDOpTMbKriemdm1jg=
-github.com/go-vela/types v0.21.0/go.mod h1:Jn8K28uj7mACc55fkFgaIzL0q45iXydOFGEeoSeHUtQ=
+github.com/go-vela/server v0.21.1-0.20231017135815-bb35e76f6056 h1:TqLmvWRU3sqflw7kRUxDRw4H5g9JupLIp0JAGI8biG8=
+github.com/go-vela/server v0.21.1-0.20231017135815-bb35e76f6056/go.mod h1:SFAAje/TsPxW+9iDo38CotLX0ralvPRLxbaS9fffT+A=
+github.com/go-vela/types v0.21.1-0.20231012142227-0c0b890487af h1:qiP6pXFDyPDDP+hy8zY+nhmoWv9aoQrrnNmfAAT6yCA=
+github.com/go-vela/types v0.21.1-0.20231012142227-0c0b890487af/go.mod h1:Jn8K28uj7mACc55fkFgaIzL0q45iXydOFGEeoSeHUtQ=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2 h1:CrxCmQqYDkv1z7lO7Wbh2HN93uovUHgrECaO5ZrCXAU=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2/go.mod h1:6MelG93GURQebXPDq3khkgXZkazVtN9CRI+MGFi0w8I=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=
diff --git a/internal/step/skip.go b/internal/step/skip.go
index 2a3df16f..380c8882 100644
--- a/internal/step/skip.go
+++ b/internal/step/skip.go
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ import (
 // Skip creates the ruledata from the build and repository
 // information and returns true if the data does not match
 // the ruleset for the given container.
-func Skip(c *pipeline.Container, b *library.Build, r *library.Repo) bool {
+func Skip(c *pipeline.Container, b *library.Build, r *library.Repo) (bool, error) {
 	// check if the container provided is empty
 	if c == nil {
-		return true
+		return true, nil
 	}
 
 	event := b.GetEvent()
@@ -64,5 +64,7 @@ func Skip(c *pipeline.Container, b *library.Build, r *library.Repo) bool {
 	// return the inverse of container execute
 	//
 	// https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-vela/types/pipeline#Container.Execute
-	return !c.Execute(ruledata)
+	exec, err := c.Execute(ruledata)
+
+	return !exec, err
 }
diff --git a/internal/step/skip_test.go b/internal/step/skip_test.go
index a7fe2e64..1c6357d9 100644
--- a/internal/step/skip_test.go
+++ b/internal/step/skip_test.go
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ func TestStep_Skip(t *testing.T) {
 	// run test
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got := Skip(test.container, test.build, test.repo)
+			got, err := Skip(test.container, test.build, test.repo)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("Skip returned error: %s", err)
+			}
 
 			if got != test.want {
 				t.Errorf("Skip is %v, want %v", got, test.want)