diff --git a/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip b/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip
index 20097aeaa5..34ac07eef6 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip
+++ b/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip
@@ -65,8 +65,13 @@ try:
     # version is much better for fixing bugs in the upgrade process).
     deploy_path = deploy_path.strip()
     os.chdir(deploy_path)
-    subprocess.check_call(
-        [os.path.abspath("./scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-stage-2"), deploy_path, *deploy_options]
-    )
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_call(
+            [os.path.abspath("./scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-stage-2"), deploy_path, *deploy_options]
+        )
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        # There's no use in showing a stacktrace here; it just hides
+        # the error from stage 2.
+        sys.exit(1)
 finally:
     release_deployment_lock()
diff --git a/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-from-git b/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-from-git
index a151646f81..7a2c47b16f 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-from-git
+++ b/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-from-git
@@ -85,13 +85,18 @@ try:
 
     overwrite_symlink(deploy_path, os.path.join(DEPLOYMENTS_DIR, "next"))
 
-    subprocess.check_call(
-        [
-            os.path.join(deploy_path, "scripts", "lib", "upgrade-zulip-stage-2"),
-            deploy_path,
-            "--from-git",
-            *deploy_options,
-        ]
-    )
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_call(
+            [
+                os.path.join(deploy_path, "scripts", "lib", "upgrade-zulip-stage-2"),
+                deploy_path,
+                "--from-git",
+                *deploy_options,
+            ]
+        )
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        # There's no use in showing a stacktrace here; it just hides
+        # the error from stage 2.
+        sys.exit(1)
 finally:
     release_deployment_lock()
diff --git a/scripts/lib/zulip_tools.py b/scripts/lib/zulip_tools.py
index 71f30c4296..493332f3ee 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/zulip_tools.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/zulip_tools.py
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ def run(args: Sequence[str], **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         )
         print(WHITEONRED + "Actual error output for the subcommand is just above this." + ENDC)
         print()
-        raise
+        sys.exit(1)
 
 
 def log_management_command(cmd: Sequence[str], log_path: str) -> None: