diff --git a/.github/workflows/sharness.yml b/.github/workflows/sharness.yml
index 8577ce111d2e..f9da6841372a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sharness.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sharness.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
           TEST_JUNIT: 1
           TEST_EXPENSIVE: 1
           IPFS_CHECK_RCMGR_DEFAULTS: 1
-          CONTINUE_ON_S_FAILURE: 1
+          CONTINUE_ON_S_FAILURE: 0
           # increasing parallelism beyond 10 doesn't speed up the tests much
           PARALLEL: ${{ github.repository == 'ipfs/kubo' && 10 || 3 }}
       - name: Upload coverage report