diff --git a/cmd/common.go b/cmd/common.go
index e17575e7c..0501d2b1b 100644
--- a/cmd/common.go
+++ b/cmd/common.go
@@ -521,7 +521,6 @@ func performDiff(ctx context.Context, currentState, targetState *state.KongState
 	dry bool, parallelism int, delay int, client *kong.Client, isKonnect bool,
 	enableJSONOutput bool, applyType ApplyType,
 ) (int, error) {
-
 	shouldSkipDeletes := applyType == ApplyTypePartial
 
 	s, err := diff.NewSyncer(diff.SyncerOpts{
diff --git a/tests/integration/apply_test.go b/tests/integration/apply_test.go
index e15aa55c0..b7945716c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/apply_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/apply_test.go
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ func Test_Apply_3x(t *testing.T) {
 		runWhen(t, "kong", ">=3.0.0")
 		setup(t)
 
-		apply(context.Background(), "testdata/apply/007-update-existing-entity/service-01.yaml")
+		err := apply(context.Background(), "testdata/apply/007-update-existing-entity/service-01.yaml")
+		require.NoError(t, err, "failed to apply service-01")
 
 		out, err := dump()
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -95,7 +96,9 @@ func Test_Apply_3x(t *testing.T) {
 
 		assert.Equal(t, expectedOriginal, out)
 
-		apply(context.Background(), "testdata/apply/007-update-existing-entity/service-02.yaml")
+		err = apply(context.Background(), "testdata/apply/007-update-existing-entity/service-02.yaml")
+		require.NoError(t, err, "failed to apply service-02")
+
 		expectedChanged, err := readFile("testdata/apply/007-update-existing-entity/expected-state-02.yaml")
 		require.NoError(t, err, "failed to read expected state")