diff --git a/.github/workflows/snapshot-release.yml b/.github/workflows/snapshot-release.yml
index 23fc4620c..8fd045cb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/snapshot-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/snapshot-release.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "${{ github.triggering_actor }} does not have permissions on this repo."
           echo "Current permission level is ${{ steps.checkAccess.outputs.user-permission }}"
           echo "Job originally triggered by ${{ github.actor }}"
-          exit 0
+          exit 1
 
       - name: Extract the snapshot name from comment body
         id: getSnapshotName