diff --git a/vcpkg-artifacts/main.ts b/vcpkg-artifacts/main.ts
index a97708df5..ea317387b 100644
--- a/vcpkg-artifacts/main.ts
+++ b/vcpkg-artifacts/main.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ async function main() {
     error(e);
 
     await session.writeTelemetry();
-    return process.exit(result ? 0 : 1);
+    return process.exit(1);
   } finally {
     await session.writeTelemetry();
   }