diff --git a/src/dependencies.ts b/src/dependencies.ts
index 63aa273..465144b 100644
--- a/src/dependencies.ts
+++ b/src/dependencies.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import {GRAALVM_PLATFORM} from './constants'
-import {exec} from '@actions/exec'
+import {exec} from './utils'
 
 const APT_GET_INSTALL_BASE = 'sudo apt-get -y --no-upgrade install'
 const COMPONENT_TO_DEPS = new Map<string, Map<string, string>>([
diff --git a/src/features.ts b/src/features.ts
index 076adb8..e3b8a54 100644
--- a/src/features.ts
+++ b/src/features.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as tc from '@actions/tool-cache'
 import {IS_LINUX} from './constants'
-import {exec} from '@actions/exec'
+import {exec} from './utils'
 import {join} from 'path'
 
 const MUSL_NAME = 'x86_64-linux-musl-native'
diff --git a/src/gu.ts b/src/gu.ts
index b3004b2..552166d 100644
--- a/src/gu.ts
+++ b/src/gu.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {GRAALVM_PLATFORM} from './constants'
-import {exec} from '@actions/exec'
+import {exec} from './utils'
 import {join} from 'path'
 
 const BASE_FLAGS = ['--non-interactive', 'install', '--no-progress']
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index fefbf21..0ded275 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as c from './constants'
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as httpClient from '@actions/http-client'
 import * as tc from '@actions/tool-cache'
+import {ExecOptions, exec as e} from '@actions/exec'
 import {readFileSync, readdirSync} from 'fs'
 import {Octokit} from '@octokit/core'
 import {createHash} from 'crypto'
@@ -16,6 +17,21 @@ const GitHub = Octokit.defaults({
   }
 })
 
+export async function exec(
+  commandLine: string,
+  args?: string[],
+  options?: ExecOptions | undefined
+): Promise<void> {
+  const exitCode = await e(commandLine, args, options)
+  if (exitCode !== 0) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `'${[commandLine]
+        .concat(args || [])
+        .join(' ')}' exited with a non-zero code: ${exitCode}`
+    )
+  }
+}
+
 export async function getLatestRelease(
   repo: string
 ): Promise<c.LatestReleaseResponse['data']> {