diff --git a/.gitea/actions/smoke-test/action.yml b/.gitea/actions/smoke-test/action.yml
index cf8a07e0..4f3529c2 100644
--- a/.gitea/actions/smoke-test/action.yml
+++ b/.gitea/actions/smoke-test/action.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ runs:
         set -e
         URL="https://$HOST"
         HOST_IP=$(awk 'NR>1 && $2=="00000000"{h=$3;printf "%d.%d.%d.%d\n",strtonum("0x"substr(h,7,2)),strtonum("0x"substr(h,5,2)),strtonum("0x"substr(h,3,2)),strtonum("0x"substr(h,1,2));exit}' /proc/net/route)
-        [ -n "$HOST_IP" ] || { echo "ERROR: could not detect Docker bridge gateway via /proc/net/route"; exit 1; }
+        [ -n "$HOST_IP" ] || { echo "::error::could not detect Docker bridge gateway via /proc/net/route"; exit 1; }
         RESOLVE=(--resolve "$HOST:443:$HOST_IP")
         echo "Smoke test: $URL (pinned to $HOST_IP via bridge gateway)"
         curl -fsS "${RESOLVE[@]}" --max-time 10 "$URL/login" -o /dev/null
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ runs:
         curl -fsS "${RESOLVE[@]}" --max-time 10 -I "$URL/" \
           | grep -Eqi 'permissions-policy:[[:space:]]*camera=\(\),[[:space:]]*microphone=\(\),[[:space:]]*geolocation=\(\)'
         status=$(curl -s "${RESOLVE[@]}" -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" --max-time 10 "$URL/actuator/health")
-        [ "$status" = "404" ] || { echo "expected 404 from /actuator/health, got $status"; exit 1; }
+        [ "$status" = "404" ] || { echo "::error::expected 404 from /actuator/health, got $status"; exit 1; }
         echo "All smoke checks passed"