diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/test_publish.yml
index 33171d4b9..5d64d7b06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_publish.yml
@@ -61,5 +61,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Test publishing packages succeeded
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Print outputs
-        run: echo "${{ needs.test_release.result }}"
+      - name: Check for success
+        run: |-
+          if [[ "${{ needs.test_release.result }}" == "failure" ]]; then
+            exit 1
+          fi