diff --git a/build/release/bincheck/download_binary.sh b/build/release/bincheck/download_binary.sh
index 3fba8260dd58..4a8449a71a9b 100755
--- a/build/release/bincheck/download_binary.sh
+++ b/build/release/bincheck/download_binary.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-set -euo pipefail
+set -exuo pipefail
 
 download_and_extract() {
   cockroach_version=$1
diff --git a/build/release/bincheck/test-linux b/build/release/bincheck/test-linux
index 9820b986f62c..cb6526913995 100755
--- a/build/release/bincheck/test-linux
+++ b/build/release/bincheck/test-linux
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-set -euo pipefail
+set -exuo pipefail
 source ./download_binary.sh
 
 if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]
diff --git a/build/release/bincheck/test-macos-amd64 b/build/release/bincheck/test-macos-amd64
index a1469ea61c2e..18af3d52c11a 100755
--- a/build/release/bincheck/test-macos-amd64
+++ b/build/release/bincheck/test-macos-amd64
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-set -euo pipefail
+set -exuo pipefail
 source ./download_binary.sh
 
 # Verify arguments.
diff --git a/build/release/bincheck/test-macos-arm64 b/build/release/bincheck/test-macos-arm64
index 41406a3ec906..903925dfa649 100755
--- a/build/release/bincheck/test-macos-arm64
+++ b/build/release/bincheck/test-macos-arm64
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-set -euo pipefail
+set -exuo pipefail
 source ./download_binary.sh
 
 # Verify arguments.
diff --git a/build/release/bincheck/test-windows b/build/release/bincheck/test-windows
index 5a219182c90e..e1796f297f43 100644
--- a/build/release/bincheck/test-windows
+++ b/build/release/bincheck/test-windows
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-set -euo pipefail
+set -exuo pipefail
 source ./download_binary.sh
 
 if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]