diff --git a/cumulusci/salesforce_api/rest_deploy.py b/cumulusci/salesforce_api/rest_deploy.py
index 70d532569a..9c184b267c 100644
--- a/cumulusci/salesforce_api/rest_deploy.py
+++ b/cumulusci/salesforce_api/rest_deploy.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def __call__(self):
             self.task.logger.error(
                 f"Deployment request failed with status code {response.status_code}"
             )
+            raise MetadataApiError(f"Deployment request failed with status code {response.status_code}", response)
 
     # Set the purge_on_delete attribute based on org type
     def _set_purge_on_delete(self, purge_on_delete):
@@ -112,10 +113,14 @@ def _monitor_deploy_status(self, deploy_request_id):
             if response_json["deployResult"]["status"] not in ["InProgress", "Pending"]:
                 # Handle the case when status has Failed
                 if response_json["deployResult"]["status"] == "Failed":
+                    error_log = ''
                     for failure in response_json["deployResult"]["details"][
                         "componentFailures"
                     ]:
-                        self.task.logger.error(self._construct_error_message(failure))
+                        error_message = self._construct_error_message(failure)
+                        self.task.logger.error(error_message)
+                        error_log += error_message + "\n"
+                    raise MetadataComponentFailure(error_log, response)       
                 return
             time.sleep(5)