diff --git a/tests/common.bash b/tests/common.bash
index a90c2202a2..8036521b5d 100644
--- a/tests/common.bash
+++ b/tests/common.bash
@@ -567,7 +567,14 @@ function get_latest_patch_release_from_a_github_project() {
         project="${1}"
         base_version="${2}"
 
-        curl --header \"Authorization: Bearer "${GH_TOKEN:-}"\" --silent https://api.github.com/repos/${project}/releases | jq -r .[].tag_name | grep "^${base_version}.[0-9]*$" -m1
+        curl \
+          --header "Authorization: Bearer "${GH_TOKEN:-}"" \
+          --fail-with-body \
+          --show-error \
+          --silent \
+          "https://api.github.com/repos/${project}/releases" \
+          | jq -r .[].tag_name \
+          | grep "^${base_version}.[0-9]*$" -m1
 }
 
 # base_version: The version to be intalled in the ${major}.${minor} format