diff --git a/.changeset/cold-melons-love.md b/.changeset/cold-melons-love.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa845163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cold-melons-love.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@changesets/action": patch
+---
+
+Fixed an issue with GitHub releases not being created for successfully published packages when _some_ packages failed to be published to the registry.
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 1b0f63ab..e83eacbf 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,19 @@ const getOptionalInput = (name: string) => core.getInput(name) || undefined;
           JSON.stringify(result.publishedPackages)
         );
       }
+
+      if (result.exitCode !== 0) {
+        core.error(
+          `Publish command exited with code ${result.exitCode}${
+            result.published
+              ? `, but some packages were published: ${result.publishedPackages
+                  .map((p) => `${p.name}@${p.version}`)
+                  .join(", ")}`
+              : ""
+          }`
+        );
+        process.exit(result.exitCode);
+      }
       return;
     }
     case hasChangesets && !hasNonEmptyChangesets:
diff --git a/src/run.ts b/src/run.ts
index 18ec1da4..8db7572f 100644
--- a/src/run.ts
+++ b/src/run.ts
@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ type PublishResult =
   | {
       published: true;
       publishedPackages: PublishedPackage[];
+      exitCode: number;
     }
   | {
       published: false;
+      exitCode: number;
     };
 
 export async function runPublish({
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ export async function runPublish({
   let changesetPublishOutput = await getExecOutput(
     publishCommand,
     publishArgs,
-    { cwd }
+    { cwd, ignoreReturnCode: true }
   );
 
   let { packages, tool } = await getPackages(cwd);
@@ -156,10 +158,11 @@ export async function runPublish({
         name: pkg.packageJson.name,
         version: pkg.packageJson.version,
       })),
+      exitCode: changesetPublishOutput.exitCode,
     };
   }
 
-  return { published: false };
+  return { published: false, exitCode: changesetPublishOutput.exitCode };
 }
 
 const requireChangesetsCliPkgJson = (cwd: string) => {