diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts
index a7da0555e2..25f78452a4 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/publish/gitlab.ts
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ export function createPublishGitlabAction(options: {
             `The namespace ${owner} is not found or the user doesn't have permissions to access it`,
           );
         }
+        throw e;
       }
 
       const { id: userId } = (await client.Users.current()) as {