diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
index 3ce6a4ccca..a491bcf022 100755
--- a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ use Koha::Database;
 use Koha;
 use Koha::DateUtils qw( dt_from_string output_pref );
 use Koha::Caches;
+use Koha::Installer::Output qw ( say_failure );
 
 use MARC::Record;
 use MARC::File::XML ( BinaryEncoding => 'utf8' );
@@ -24301,7 +24302,7 @@ unless ( $ENV{HTTP_HOST} ) { # Is that correct?
     }
     for my $e ( @{ $report->{error} } ) {
         say Encode::encode_utf8(join "\n", @{$e->{output}});
-        say Encode::encode_utf8("ERROR - " . $e->{error});
+        say_failure( undef, Encode::encode_utf8("ERROR - " . $e->{error}) );
         $error_code = 1;
     }
 
@@ -24312,7 +24313,7 @@ unless ( $ENV{HTTP_HOST} ) { # Is that correct?
     }
     for my $e ( @{ $report->{error} } ) {
         say Encode::encode_utf8(join "\n", @{$e->{output}});
-        say Encode::encode_utf8("ERROR - " . $e->{error});
+        say_failure( undef, Encode::encode_utf8("ERROR - " . $e->{error}) );
         $error_code = 1;
     }
     exit $error_code;