diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
index 6fd4562d9d3012871ae676b694d4d87d54d0b5e9..99420ad11a5428d58642f5c58c8706ae6a7e27f0 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ stages:
       echo -e "[\\e[1;91mERROR\\e[0m] $*"
   }
 
+  function fail() {
+    log_error "$*"
+    exit 1
+  }
+
   function output_coverage() {
     jacoco_reports=$(find . -name "${JACOCO_CSV_REPORT:-jacoco.csv}")