diff --git a/scripts/validate-grafana-dashboards.sh b/scripts/validate-grafana-dashboards.sh
index f4ab83307c7c..f53cab4e2ee1 100755
--- a/scripts/validate-grafana-dashboards.sh
+++ b/scripts/validate-grafana-dashboards.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 # This script will mutate the dashboards if anything needs linting
 node scripts/lint-grafana-dashboards.mjs ./dashboards
 
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo 'linting dashboards failed'
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 if [[ $(git diff --stat ./dashboards) != '' ]]; then
   git --no-pager diff
   echo 'dashboards need fixing'