diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3c09200e8e..078d5d4397 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Print Version
       run: mvn -v
     - name: Build
-      run: mvn -U -B -fae -DskipTests -Dfindbugs clean install
+      run: |
+        mvn -U -B -fae -DskipTests -Dfindbugs clean install | tee outfile.txt
+        echo "Checking for build errors"
+        grep '^\[ERROR\]\|^Error:' outfile.txt && echo "Found errors, see above" || echo "No errors found"
+        ! $(grep -q '^\[ERROR\]\|^Error:' outfile.txt )
     - name: Tar Maven Repo
       shell: bash
       run: tar -czf maven-repo.tgz -C ~ .m2/repository