diff --git a/.buildkite/scripts/pipelines/security_solution_quality_gate/api_integration/api_ftr_execution.ts b/.buildkite/scripts/pipelines/security_solution_quality_gate/api_integration/api_ftr_execution.ts
index 75e8371df15daa..50290ac016f3e3 100644
--- a/.buildkite/scripts/pipelines/security_solution_quality_gate/api_integration/api_ftr_execution.ts
+++ b/.buildkite/scripts/pipelines/security_solution_quality_gate/api_integration/api_ftr_execution.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ export const cli = () => {
       } catch (err) {
         log.error('An error occured when running the test script.');
         log.error(err);
+        statusCode = 1;
       } finally {
         // Delete serverless project
         log.info(`${id} : Deleting project ${PROJECT_NAME}...`);