diff --git a/pgclone/dump_cmd.py b/pgclone/dump_cmd.py
index 9b64033..dfb69d4 100644
--- a/pgclone/dump_cmd.py
+++ b/pgclone/dump_cmd.py
@@ -42,8 +42,11 @@ def _dump(*, exclude, config, pre_dump_hooks, instance, database, storage_locati
         [f"--exclude-table-data={table_name}" for table_name in exclude_tables]
     )
     # Note - do note format {db_dump_url} with an `f` string.
-    # It will be formatted later when running the command
-    pg_dump_cmd_fmt = "pg_dump -Fc --no-acl --no-owner {db_dump_url} " + exclude_args
+    # It will be formatted later when running the command.
+    # Set -o pipefail to ensure that the pipeline fails if any command in it fails.
+    pg_dump_cmd_fmt = (
+        "set -o pipefail; pg_dump -Fc --no-acl --no-owner {db_dump_url} " + exclude_args
+    )
     pg_dump_cmd_fmt += " " + storage_client.pg_dump(file_path)
 
     anon_pg_dump_cmd = pg_dump_cmd_fmt.format(db_dump_url="<DB_URL>")