diff --git a/.github/PklProject b/.github/PklProject
index a156cf8..0489893 100644
--- a/.github/PklProject
+++ b/.github/PklProject
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ amends "pkl:Project"
 
 dependencies {
   ["pkl.impl.ghactions"] {
-    uri = "package://pkg.pkl-lang.org/pkl-project-commons/pkl.impl.ghactions@1.8.0"
+    uri = "package://pkg.pkl-lang.org/pkl-project-commons/pkl.impl.ghactions@1.8.1"
   }
   ["com.github.actions"] {
     uri = "package://pkg.pkl-lang.org/pkl-pantry/com.github.actions@1.3.0"
diff --git a/.github/PklProject.deps.json b/.github/PklProject.deps.json
index 0211d9f..cf53037 100644
--- a/.github/PklProject.deps.json
+++ b/.github/PklProject.deps.json
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
     },
     "package://pkg.pkl-lang.org/pkl-project-commons/pkl.impl.ghactions@1": {
       "type": "remote",
-      "uri": "projectpackage://pkg.pkl-lang.org/pkl-project-commons/pkl.impl.ghactions@1.8.0",
+      "uri": "projectpackage://pkg.pkl-lang.org/pkl-project-commons/pkl.impl.ghactions@1.8.1",
       "checksums": {
-        "sha256": "04a5da66418b3be277476b13c2c34cd5538d9bcd11de054ba1d3116d21f95b30"
+        "sha256": "476cd931de6868b3f5e088ac741261d7beb9f4de3305564675510fd74ffb83f3"
       }
     },
     "package://pkg.pkl-lang.org/pkl-pantry/pkl.experimental.deepToTyped@1": {
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prb.yml b/.github/workflows/prb.yml
index e61e2a2..3830436 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prb.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prb.yml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
         echo "prometheus=$?" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         echo
   verdict:
-    if: '!cancelled() && !failure()'
+    if: always()
     needs:
     - check-pkl-github-actions
     - check-format-pkl
@@ -197,7 +197,11 @@ jobs:
     - test-prometheus
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - run: 'true'
+    - name: Failure verdict
+      if: contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled')
+      run: |-
+        echo "Some of the required jobs are either failing or were cancelled"
+        exit 1
   upload-event-file:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps: