diff --git a/tasks/stages/update-demo b/tasks/stages/update-demo
index 65962859..0efb815a 100755
--- a/tasks/stages/update-demo
+++ b/tasks/stages/update-demo
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -eo pipefail
+shopt -s inherit_errexit nullglob
 
 # bumps bpmn-js and diagram-js dependencies in bpmn-io-demo
 
diff --git a/tasks/stages/update-examples b/tasks/stages/update-examples
index 08501000..f7065571 100755
--- a/tasks/stages/update-examples
+++ b/tasks/stages/update-examples
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -eo pipefail
+shopt -s inherit_errexit nullglob
+
 # update bpmn-js version in the <bpmn-js-examples> project
 
 PWD="$(pwd)"
diff --git a/tasks/stages/update-integration-test b/tasks/stages/update-integration-test
index d60bf482..4011843e 100755
--- a/tasks/stages/update-integration-test
+++ b/tasks/stages/update-integration-test
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -eo pipefail
+shopt -s inherit_errexit nullglob
+
 # bumps bpmn-js and diagram-js dependencies in bpmn-js-integration
 
 PWD="$(pwd)"
diff --git a/tasks/stages/update-website b/tasks/stages/update-website
index 4ffac997..ba0391ca 100755
--- a/tasks/stages/update-website
+++ b/tasks/stages/update-website
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -eo pipefail
+shopt -s inherit_errexit nullglob
+
 # update bpmn-js version in the <bpmn.io> project
 
 PWD="$(pwd)"