diff --git a/tools/check-capitalization b/tools/check-capitalization
index 35b19e3f3e..4fe8cd8bb1 100755
--- a/tools/check-capitalization
+++ b/tools/check-capitalization
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if not args.no_generate:
-        subprocess.call(["./manage.py", "makemessages", "--locale", "en"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        subprocess.check_call(
+            ["./manage.py", "makemessages", "--locale", "en"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT
+        )
 
     with open("locale/en/translations.json") as f:
         data = json.load(f)
diff --git a/tools/check-frontend-i18n b/tools/check-frontend-i18n
index 2f33b7821f..10c98b445e 100755
--- a/tools/check-frontend-i18n
+++ b/tools/check-frontend-i18n
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if not args.no_generate:
-        subprocess.call(["./manage.py", "makemessages", "--locale", "en"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        subprocess.check_call(
+            ["./manage.py", "makemessages", "--locale", "en"], stderr=subprocess.STDOUT
+        )
 
     with open("locale/en/translations.json") as f:
         data = json.load(f)
diff --git a/tools/oneclickapps/prepare_digital_ocean_one_click_app_release.py b/tools/oneclickapps/prepare_digital_ocean_one_click_app_release.py
index c600a55192..da56e4d98f 100644
--- a/tools/oneclickapps/prepare_digital_ocean_one_click_app_release.py
+++ b/tools/oneclickapps/prepare_digital_ocean_one_click_app_release.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ TEST_DROPLET_SUBDOMAIN = "do"
 
 
 def generate_ssh_keys() -> None:
-    subprocess.call(
+    subprocess.check_call(
         ["ssh-keygen", "-f", str(Path.home()) + "/.ssh/id_ed25519", "-P", "", "-t", "ed25519"]
     )