diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9a6c3ff8b8f7..029b64bd440e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   completed-successfully:
+    # We force a failure if any of the dependent jobs fail,
+    # this is a workaround for the issue reported https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/2566
+    if: |
+      always() && (cancelled() ||
+      contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled') ||
+      contains(needs.*.result, 'failure'))
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - build-other
@@ -221,4 +227,6 @@ jobs:
       - test
       - test-docker-k8s
     steps:
-      - run: echo "All required build and test workflows have succeeded!"
+      - run: |
+          echo "Some of the required build and test workflows have failed!"
+          exit 1