diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 3b94132cb..6f26a8ced 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Removed
 Fixed
 +++++
 * Made type annotations stronger and removed most of the ``typing.Any`` usages and ``# type: ignore`` annotations. `#658 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-bdd/pull/658>`_
+* Mark steps that raise pytest outcome exceptions as failed in cucumber JSON output. `#770 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-bdd/issues/770>`_
 
 Security
 ++++++++
diff --git a/src/pytest_bdd/hooks.py b/src/pytest_bdd/hooks.py
index 48e1cedbc..6f5996a2e 100644
--- a/src/pytest_bdd/hooks.py
+++ b/src/pytest_bdd/hooks.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def pytest_bdd_step_error(
     step: Step,
     step_func: Callable[..., object],
     step_func_args: dict[str, object],
-    exception: Exception,
+    exception: BaseException,
 ) -> object:
     """Called when step function failed to execute."""
 
diff --git a/src/pytest_bdd/plugin.py b/src/pytest_bdd/plugin.py
index a9f4cff91..3104521fa 100644
--- a/src/pytest_bdd/plugin.py
+++ b/src/pytest_bdd/plugin.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def pytest_bdd_step_error(
     step: Step,
     step_func: Callable[..., object],
     step_func_args: dict[str, object],
-    exception: Exception,
+    exception: BaseException,
 ) -> None:
     reporting.step_error(request, feature, scenario, step, step_func, step_func_args, exception)
 
diff --git a/src/pytest_bdd/reporting.py b/src/pytest_bdd/reporting.py
index 4d5c626b6..7d816f605 100644
--- a/src/pytest_bdd/reporting.py
+++ b/src/pytest_bdd/reporting.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def step_error(
     step: Step,
     step_func: Callable[..., object],
     step_func_args: dict[str, object],
-    exception: Exception,
+    exception: BaseException,
 ) -> None:
     """Finalize the step report as failed."""
     scenario_reports_registry[request.node].fail()
diff --git a/src/pytest_bdd/scenario.py b/src/pytest_bdd/scenario.py
index 531190617..33684fa5f 100644
--- a/src/pytest_bdd/scenario.py
+++ b/src/pytest_bdd/scenario.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from _pytest.fixtures import FixtureDef, FixtureManager, FixtureRequest, call_fixture_func
+from _pytest.outcomes import TEST_OUTCOME
 
 from . import exceptions
 from .compat import getfixturedefs, inject_fixture
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ def _execute_step_function(
         # so that we can allow "yield" statements in it
         return_value = call_fixture_func(fixturefunc=context.step_func, request=request, kwargs=kwargs)
 
-    except Exception as exception:
+    except TEST_OUTCOME as exception:
         request.config.hook.pytest_bdd_step_error(exception=exception, **kw)
         raise
 
diff --git a/tests/feature/test_cucumber_json.py b/tests/feature/test_cucumber_json.py
index 6e6239c41..86be60aa3 100644
--- a/tests/feature/test_cucumber_json.py
+++ b/tests/feature/test_cucumber_json.py
@@ -237,3 +237,40 @@ def test_passing_outline():
     ]
 
     assert jsonobject == expected
+
+
+def test_pytest_outcome_exception_marks_step_failed(pytester):
+    """Test pytest outcome exceptions are reflected in cucumber json."""
+    pytester.makefile(
+        ".feature",
+        test=textwrap.dedent(
+            """
+            Feature: Outcome exceptions
+
+                Scenario: Failing outcome
+                    When a pytest outcome failure is raised
+            """
+        ),
+    )
+    pytester.makepyfile(
+        textwrap.dedent(
+            """
+            import pytest
+            from pytest_bdd import scenario, when
+
+            @scenario("test.feature", "Failing outcome")
+            def test_failing_outcome():
+                pass
+
+            @when("a pytest outcome failure is raised")
+            def _():
+                pytest.fail("timeout-style failure")
+            """
+        )
+    )
+
+    result, jsonobject = runandparse(pytester)
+    result.assert_outcomes(failed=1)
+    [scenario] = jsonobject[0]["elements"]
+    [step] = scenario["steps"]
+    assert step["result"]["status"] == "failed"