diff --git a/channels/pkg/cmd/apply_channel.go b/channels/pkg/cmd/apply_channel.go
index cd77dd616b..ad375a0795 100644
--- a/channels/pkg/cmd/apply_channel.go
+++ b/channels/pkg/cmd/apply_channel.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	"github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -168,18 +169,18 @@ func applyMenu(ctx context.Context, menu *channels.AddonMenu, k8sClient kubernet
 		RESTMapper: restMapper,
 	}
 
+	var merr error
+
 	for _, needUpdate := range needUpdates {
 		update, err := needUpdate.EnsureUpdated(ctx, k8sClient, cmClient, pruner, channelVersions[needUpdate.GetNamespace()+":"+needUpdate.Name])
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("error updating %q: %v", needUpdate.Name, err)
+			merr = multierr.Append(merr, fmt.Errorf("updating %q: %w", needUpdate.Name, err))
 		} else if update != nil {
 			fmt.Printf("Updated %q\n", update.Name)
 		}
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("\n")
-
-	return nil
+	return merr
 }
 
 func getUpdates(ctx context.Context, menu *channels.AddonMenu, k8sClient kubernetes.Interface, cmClient versioned.Interface, channelVersions map[string]*channels.ChannelVersion) ([]*channels.AddonUpdate, []*channels.Addon, error) {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 702db37322..21ecef7fe1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.2
 	github.com/weaveworks/mesh v0.0.0-20191105120815-58dbcc3e8e63
 	github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.10.0
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220427172511-eb4f295cb31f
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220520000938-2e3eb7b945c2
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20220411215720-9780585627b5
@@ -235,7 +236,6 @@ require (
 	go.opencensus.io v0.23.0 // indirect
 	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20200306205701-8dd3e2ee1dd5 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.9.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220106191415-9b9b3d81d5e3 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 // indirect