diff --git a/.ci/Jenkinsfile_coverage b/.ci/Jenkinsfile_coverage
index 3db7e3d8fddd6..6a9dcd18ab0c3 100644
--- a/.ci/Jenkinsfile_coverage
+++ b/.ci/Jenkinsfile_coverage
@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@ kibanaPipeline(timeoutMinutes: 240) {
       'CODE_COVERAGE=1', // Enables coverage.  Needed for multiple ci scripts, such as remote.ts, test/scripts/*.sh, schema.js, etc.
     ]) {
       workers.base(name: 'coverage-worker', size: 'l', ramDisk: false, bootstrapped: false) {
-        try {
+        catchError {
           kibanaCoverage.runTests()
           handleIngestion(TIME_STAMP)
-        } catch (err) {
-          currentBuild.result = 'FAILURE'
-          handleFail()
         }
+        handleFail()
       }
     }
     kibanaPipeline.sendMail()
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ def handleIngestion(timestamp) {
 
 def handleFail() {
   def buildStatus = buildUtils.getBuildStatus()
-  if(params.NOTIFY_ON_FAILURE && buildStatus != 'SUCCESS' && buildStatus != 'ABORTED') {
+  if(params.NOTIFY_ON_FAILURE && buildStatus != 'SUCCESS' && buildStatus != 'ABORTED' && buildStatus != 'UNSTABLE') {
     slackNotifications.sendFailedBuild(
       channel: '#kibana-qa',
       username: 'Kibana QA'