diff --git a/pkg/pub_worker/lib/src/bin/dartdoc_wrapper.dart b/pkg/pub_worker/lib/src/bin/dartdoc_wrapper.dart
index fa2bb8701..1efbc7dfe 100644
--- a/pkg/pub_worker/lib/src/bin/dartdoc_wrapper.dart
+++ b/pkg/pub_worker/lib/src/bin/dartdoc_wrapper.dart
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ Future<void> postProcessDartdoc({
     await tmpTar.deleteIgnoringErrors();
 
     _log.shout('Failed to run dartdoc post-processing.', e, st);
+    rethrow;
   }
 }