diff --git a/.github/workflows/workers.yaml b/.github/workflows/workers.yaml
index dd1bcc1e8..472d48a67 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workers.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workers.yaml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
         #
         # Getting the images to build
         #
-        set -x
+        set -xe
         touch /tmp/images_to_build.txt
         skip_security_checks=${{ github.event.inputs.skip_security_checks }}
         tmp_param=${{ github.event.inputs.build_service }}
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ jobs:
           [[ "x$skip_security_checks" == "xtrue" ]]  || {
             curl -L https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/releases/download/v0.34.0/trivy_0.34.0_Linux-64bit.tar.gz | tar -xzf - -C ./ 
             ./trivy image --exit-code 1 --vuln-type os,library --severity "HIGH,CRITICAL"  --ignore-unfixed $DOCKER_REPO/$image:$IMAGE_TAG 
+            err_code=$?
+            [[ $err_code -ne 0 ]] && {
+              exit $err_code
+            }
           } && {
             echo "Skipping Security Checks"
           }