diff --git a/scripts/components/OpenSearch/install.sh b/scripts/components/OpenSearch/install.sh
index 6ab2d49ac0..c387135957 100755
--- a/scripts/components/OpenSearch/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/components/OpenSearch/install.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ if [ "$DISTRIBUTION" = "tar" ]; then
 elif [ "$DISTRIBUTION" = "deb" -o "$DISTRIBUTION" = "rpm" ]; then
     cp -va ../../../scripts/pkg/service_templates/opensearch/* "$OUTPUT/../"
     cp -va ../../../scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch/$DISTRIBUTION/* "$OUTPUT/../"
-    sed -i "s/CHANGE_VERSION/${VERSION}" "$OUTPUT/../debian/preinst"
+    sed -i "s/CHANGE_VERSION/${VERSION}/g" "$OUTPUT/../debian/preinst"
 elif [ "$DISTRIBUTION" = "zip" ] && [ "$PLATFORM" = "windows" ]; then
     cp -v ../../../scripts/startup/zip/windows/opensearch-windows-install.bat "$OUTPUT/"
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch/deb/debian/postinst b/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch/deb/debian/postinst
index 2b562657fe..58496cfa59 100755
--- a/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch/deb/debian/postinst
+++ b/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch/deb/debian/postinst
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ pid_dir=/var/run/opensearch
 
 # Apply Security Settings
 if [ -d ${product_dir}/plugins/opensearch-security ]; then
-    bash ${product_dir}/plugins/opensearch-security/tools/install_demo_configuration.sh -y -i -s || echo "Something went wrong during demo configuration installation. Please see the logs in ${log_dir}/install_demo_configuration.log." > ${log_dir}/install_demo_configuration.log 2>&1
+    bash ${product_dir}/plugins/opensearch-security/tools/install_demo_configuration.sh -y -i -s  > ${log_dir}/install_demo_configuration.log 2>&1 || echo "ERROR: Something went wrong during demo configuration installation. Please see the logs in ${log_dir}/install_demo_configuration.log." && exit 1
 fi
-
 # Apply PerformanceAnalyzer Settings
 chmod a+rw /tmp
 if ! grep -q '## OpenSearch Performance Analyzer' ${config_dir}/jvm.options; then
diff --git a/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch/deb/debian/preinst b/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch/deb/debian/preinst
index 8f007fcb01..80693bd166 100755
--- a/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch/deb/debian/preinst
+++ b/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch/deb/debian/preinst
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 set -e
 
 OPENSEARCH_VERSION=CHANGE_VERSION
-echo $OPENSEARCH_VERSION
 
 echo "Running OpenSearch Pre-Installation Script"
 
@@ -30,12 +29,11 @@ fi
 # NOTE:
 # 1. This check will need to be modified if there will be a min dist for deb in future (currently there is none)
 # 2. Currently, the demo config setup is defined to run, in postinst, if `opensearch-security` is present. Cannot apply the same check here since the plugins folder is not available yet.
-# 3. There is no version check here as it assumes that this change will be present in preinst scripts for deb distribution of OpenSearch 2.12 and later
 OPENSEARCH_REQUIRED_VERSION="2.12.0"
 COMPARE_VERSION=`echo $OPENSEARCH_REQUIRED_VERSION $OPENSEARCH_VERSION | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -V | uniq | head -n 1`
 if [ "$COMPARE_VERSION" == "$OPENSEARCH_REQUIRED_VERSION" ] && [ -z "$OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD" ]; then
   echo "Opensearch 2.12 and later requires the env variable OPENSEARCH_INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD to be defined to setup the opensearch-security demo configuration"
-  exit -1
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch/rpm/opensearch.rpm.spec b/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch/rpm/opensearch.rpm.spec
index 6b4732e9cd..6485919bcd 100644
--- a/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch/rpm/opensearch.rpm.spec
+++ b/scripts/pkg/build_templates/opensearch/rpm/opensearch.rpm.spec
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ getent passwd %{name} > /dev/null 2>&1 || \
 exit 0
 
 %post
+set -e
 # Apply Security Settings
 if [ -d %{product_dir}/plugins/opensearch-security ]; then
     sh %{product_dir}/plugins/opensearch-security/tools/install_demo_configuration.sh -y -i -s || echo "Something went wrong during demo configuration installation. Please see the logs in %{log_dir}/install_demo_configuration.log." > %{log_dir}/install_demo_configuration.log 2>&1