diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 498f49306..fec72ad5b 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -34,13 +34,14 @@ pipeline {
                 }
             }
         }
-        stage("Quality Gate") {
-            steps {
-              timeout(time: 1, unit: 'HOURS') {
-                waitForQualityGate abortPipeline: true
+        stage("Quality Gate"){
+          timeout(time: 1, unit: 'HOURS') {
+              def qg = waitForQualityGate()
+              if (qg.status != 'OK') {
+                  error "Pipeline aborted due to quality gate failure: ${qg.status}"
               }
-            }
           }
+      }        
         stage('Maven Package') {
             steps {
                 sh 'mvn clean package -DskipTests'