diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 3f38b804..94890972 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ function main() {
                     }
                 }
                 catch (error) {
-                    core.error(`${error}. Could not get ID token for authentication. Please make sure to give write permissions to id-token in the workflow.`);
+                    throw new Error(`${error}. Could not get ID token for authentication. Please make sure to give write permissions to id-token in the workflow.`);
                 }
             }
             // Attempting Az cli login