diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration_testing.yml b/.github/workflows/integration_testing.yml
index 14e808a2..0bd581db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration_testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration_testing.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ jobs:
           git clone https://github.com/pypa/pip pip
           cd pip
           secureli init --yes
-          secureli scan  --mode all-files --yes
+      - name: seCureLI Scan
+        # expect scan to return nonzero exit code
+        run: |
+          ! secureli scan --mode all-files --yes
 
 
   test-homebrew-osx: