diff --git a/.changeset/many-windows-search.md b/.changeset/many-windows-search.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cdf01f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/many-windows-search.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"kysely-migrate": patch
+---
+
+Updated exit code for failed migrations
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 4b8fa27..1c539bb 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,6 @@ try {
   if (result) outro(result)
   process.exit(0)
 } catch (error) {
-  outro(pc.red(`Error: ${(error as Error).message}`))
+  outro(pc.red((error as Error).message))
   process.exit(1)
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/down.ts b/src/commands/down.ts
index cb6ecd4..b0cf92b 100644
--- a/src/commands/down.ts
+++ b/src/commands/down.ts
@@ -60,5 +60,7 @@ export async function down(options: DownOptions) {
   s.stop('Ran migrations', error ? 1 : 0)
 
   logResultSet(resultSet)
+
+  if (error) throw new Error('Failed running migrations.')
   return getAppliedMigrationsCount(results)
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/to.ts b/src/commands/to.ts
index 2646d3e..a150477 100644
--- a/src/commands/to.ts
+++ b/src/commands/to.ts
@@ -77,5 +77,7 @@ export async function to(options: ToOptions) {
   s.stop('Ran migrations', error ? 1 : 0)
 
   logResultSet(resultSet)
+
+  if (error) throw new Error('Failed running migrations.')
   return getAppliedMigrationsCount(results)
 }
diff --git a/src/commands/up.ts b/src/commands/up.ts
index e07cf75..25d63ca 100644
--- a/src/commands/up.ts
+++ b/src/commands/up.ts
@@ -41,5 +41,7 @@ export async function up(options: UpOptions) {
   s.stop('Ran migrations', error ? 1 : 0)
 
   logResultSet(resultSet)
+
+  if (error) throw new Error('Failed running migrations.')
   return getAppliedMigrationsCount(results)
 }