diff --git a/.azure/azure-ci-build-pipeline.yaml b/.azure/azure-ci-build-pipeline.yaml
index f962a628..dcfbde0e 100644
--- a/.azure/azure-ci-build-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.azure/azure-ci-build-pipeline.yaml
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ stages:
               testRunner: JUnit
               testResultsFiles: 'junit/**.xml'
               testRunTitle: 'Publish test results'
+              failTaskOnFailedTests: true
 
           - publish: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/htmlcov/
             # publish the html report - so we can debug the coverage if needed