diff --git a/dev-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp-1.20.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp-1.20.0-r1.ebuild
index 4f103d2baed20..dc7800d30f2dd 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp-1.20.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp-1.20.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ src_install() {
 
 	if use prometheus; then
 		sed '/^# Create imported target opentelemetry-cpp::prometheus_exporter/i\find_dependency(prometheus-cpp REQUIRED)\n' \
-			-i "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/cmake/opentelemetry-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp-target.cmake"
+			-i "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/cmake/opentelemetry-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp-target.cmake" || die
 	fi
 }
diff --git a/dev-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp-1.6.0-r3.ebuild b/dev-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp-1.6.0-r3.ebuild
index 705ef34ff3aaa..b54082529a7e3 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp-1.6.0-r3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp-1.6.0-r3.ebuild
@@ -51,16 +51,16 @@ src_configure() {
 	cmake_src_configure
 }
 
+src_test() {
+	# curl tests fragile
+	cmake_src_test -j1
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	cmake_src_install
 
 	if use prometheus; then
 		sed '/^# Create imported target opentelemetry-cpp::prometheus_exporter/i\find_dependency(prometheus-cpp REQUIRED)\n' \
-			-i "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/cmake/opentelemetry-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp-target.cmake"
+			-i "${ED}/usr/$(get_libdir)/cmake/opentelemetry-cpp/opentelemetry-cpp-target.cmake" || die
 	fi
 }
-
-src_test() {
-	# curl tests fragile
-	cmake_src_test -j1
-}