diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index b43c0eb..39cac33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -79,4 +79,5 @@ jobs:
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
       uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
       with:
+        fail-on: critical
         category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"