diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/bin/build-zip.sh b/plugins/woocommerce/bin/build-zip.sh
index 21e6171ab72..b29785fdca1 100755
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/bin/build-zip.sh
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/bin/build-zip.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pnpm run build || exit "$?"
 echo "Cleaning up PHP dependencies..."
 composer install --no-dev || exit "$?"
 echo "Run makepot..."
-composer run-script makepot
+composer run-script makepot || exit "$?"
 echo "Syncing files..."
 rsync -rc --exclude-from="$PROJECT_PATH/.distignore" "$PROJECT_PATH/" "$DEST_PATH/" --delete --delete-excluded