diff --git a/.bin/publish-package.js b/.bin/publish-package.js
index ad5b857..0cb6a6c 100644
--- a/.bin/publish-package.js
+++ b/.bin/publish-package.js
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ export async function publishPackage(args, entry) {
 
   if (failures) {
     reporter.fail(`Something went wrong releasing ${entry.name}`)
+    return false
   } else {
     pkgReporter.succeed("Publish successful")
+    return true
   }
 }
diff --git a/.bin/version-and-publish.js b/.bin/version-and-publish.js
index 7dd7c39..f3f6e41 100644
--- a/.bin/version-and-publish.js
+++ b/.bin/version-and-publish.js
@@ -35,12 +35,17 @@ export async function versionAndPublish(args, config) {
     })
 
     const versioned = await bumpVersion(args, config, entry, newVersion)
+    let published
 
     if (versioned) {
-      await publishPackage(args, entry)
+      published = await publishPackage(args, entry)
     } else {
       failures = true
     }
+
+    if (!published) {
+      failures = true
+    }
   }
 
   if (!failures) {