diff --git a/scripts/travis/release/git-tag.sh b/scripts/travis/release/git-tag.sh
index 5ee7a0d67a..7fa89ec290 100755
--- a/scripts/travis/release/git-tag.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis/release/git-tag.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
 if [[  $TRAVIS_BRANCH == "master" ]]; then
     VERSION=$(grep -m1 version package.json | awk '{ print $2 }' | sed 's/[", ]//g')
 else