diff --git a/buildscripts/make_dependencies.bat b/buildscripts/make_dependencies.bat
index 15199bf387..51557be60c 100644
--- a/buildscripts/make_dependencies.bat
+++ b/buildscripts/make_dependencies.bat
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ if not exist "%CMAKE_NAME%" (
 set PATH=%PATH%;%cd%\%CMAKE_NAME%\bin
 :hasCmake
 @rem GitHub requires TLSv1.2, and for whatever reason our powershell doesn't have it enabled
-powershell -command "& { [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 ; iwr https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/v%PROTOBUF_VER%.zip -OutFile protobuf.zip }" || exit /b 1
-powershell -command "& { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('protobuf.zip', '.') }" || exit /b 1
+powershell -command "$ErrorActionPreference = 'stop'; & { [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 ; iwr https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/v%PROTOBUF_VER%.zip -OutFile protobuf.zip }" || exit /b 1
+powershell -command "$ErrorActionPreference = 'stop'; & { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('protobuf.zip', '.') }" || exit /b 1
 del protobuf.zip
 pushd protobuf-%PROTOBUF_VER%\cmake
 mkdir build
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ goto :eof
 
 :installCmake
 
-powershell -command "& { iwr https://cmake.org/files/v3.3/%CMAKE_NAME%.zip -OutFile cmake.zip }" || exit /b 1
-powershell -command "& { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('cmake.zip', '.') }" || exit /b 1
+powershell -command "$ErrorActionPreference = 'stop'; & { iwr https://cmake.org/files/v3.3/%CMAKE_NAME%.zip -OutFile cmake.zip }" || exit /b 1
+powershell -command "$ErrorActionPreference = 'stop'; & { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('cmake.zip', '.') }" || exit /b 1
 del cmake.zip
 goto :eof