diff --git a/.github/workflows/broken-link-check.yml b/.github/workflows/broken-link-check.yml
index 1a15d7bd..80a45664 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/broken-link-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/broken-link-check.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1
         id: lychee
         with:
-          fail: true
           jobSummary: true
           args: --no-progress --accept '200..=299, 401, 405' .
-      - name: "Send Slack alert if failing"
-        if: always() && env.lychee_exit_code != 0
+      - name: "Send Slack alert"
+        if: env.lychee_exit_code != 0
         uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.26.0
         env:
           SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: "https://hooks.slack.com/triggers/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" # TODO: set as env var?
@@ -28,3 +27,6 @@ jobs:
             {
               "Details": "${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
             }
+      - name: "Fail workflow"
+        if: env.lychee_exit_code != 0
+        run: exit ${{ env.lychee_exit_code }}