diff --git a/tools/build/onos-change-version b/tools/build/onos-change-version
index 9d3c74a..2782b5c 100755
--- a/tools/build/onos-change-version
+++ b/tools/build/onos-change-version
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Changes ONOS version in POM files, and other release artifacts.
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+set -e
+
 [ ! -d "$ONOS_ROOT" ] && echo "ONOS_ROOT is not defined" >&2 && exit 1
 . $ONOS_ROOT/tools/build/envDefaults