diff --git a/scripts/lint_version.sh b/scripts/lint_version.sh
index d4300ab6e5dce9180b5ecf40791f1d11610294fe..32355d207170ce14e68648ad0392451c4dae2b0a 100755
--- a/scripts/lint_version.sh
+++ b/scripts/lint_version.sh
@@ -25,4 +25,8 @@ echo "Local version: $local_version"
 # error if the versions are not different
 if [[ "$default_version" == "$local_version" ]]; then
   echo "The version has not been updated in ${CHART_FILE}, please update this file"
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# default to success
+exit 0
\ No newline at end of file