diff --git a/packages/ecr-run-task/action.yml b/packages/ecr-run-task/action.yml
index 7d498c5..03fcca0 100644
--- a/packages/ecr-run-task/action.yml
+++ b/packages/ecr-run-task/action.yml
@@ -127,3 +127,17 @@ runs:
           --start-time $START_TIME \
           --end-time $END_TIME \
           | jq -r '.events[].message'
+
+        # Get exit code
+        TASK_EXIT_CODE=$(
+          aws ecs describe-tasks \
+            --cluster $APP_ENV-cluster \
+            --tasks $TASK_ID \
+            --query "tasks[0].containers[?name=='$CONTAINER_NAME'].exitCode" \
+            --output text)
+
+        echo "Task exit code is $TASK_EXIT_CODE"
+
+        # exit with the same code
+        # if this fails, we should not continue with rest of the deployment
+        exit $TASK_EXIT_CODE