diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 55d9367a1..41798472e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ jobs:
         shell: cmd
         run: |
           echo on
-          curl -LO https://github.com/ankitects/pyaudio-windows/raw/master/%pyaudio%
-          curl -LO http://repo.msys2.org/msys/x86_64/%rsyncbin%
+          curl --fail -LO https://github.com/ankitects/pyaudio-windows/raw/master/%pyaudio%
+          curl --fail -LO http://repo.msys2.org/msys/x86_64/%rsyncbin%
 
           :: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1359793/programmatically-extract-tar-gz
           7z x "%rsyncbin%" -so | 7z x -aoa -si -ttar -o"%programfiles%\Git"
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt install portaudio19-dev gettext
           # https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/1232
           # sudo apt-get install ripgrep
-          curl -LO https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/11.0.2/ripgrep_11.0.2_amd64.deb
+          curl --fail -LO https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/11.0.2/ripgrep_11.0.2_amd64.deb
           sudo dpkg -i ripgrep_11.0.2_amd64.deb
 
       - name: Set up brew ripgrep, pyaudio, gettext