diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
index 124a65dce1..3b784dd393 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           make start-e2e-admin-test
+          container_id=$(docker ps --filter "ancestor=orchestrator:latest" --format "{{.ID}}")
+          docker logs -f "${container_id}" & exit $(docker wait "${container_id}")
 
       - name: Mark Job Complete Skipped
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.skip_checks == 'true' }}
@@ -391,6 +393,8 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           make start-upgrade-test
+          container_id=$(docker ps --filter "ancestor=orchestrator:latest" --format "{{.ID}}")
+          docker logs -f "${container_id}" & exit $(docker wait "${container_id}")
 
       - name: Mark Job Complete Skipped
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.skip_checks == 'true' }}
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 31f1bd998b..7b11377636 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
 * [1891](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/1891) - fix typo that was introduced to docker-compose and a typo in start.sh for the docker start script for full nodes.
 * [1894](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/1894) - added download binaries and configs to the start sequence so it will download binaries that don't exist
 * [1953](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/1953) - run E2E tests for all PRs
+* [2188](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/2188) - Updated the e2e container tests for release pipeline to observe exit status of test orchestration container.
 
 ## Version: v15.0.0