diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 5bc918c..2494a90 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 Changelog
 *********
 
+0.3.1 (6/06/2023)
+================
+* `run_component`: fix a bug where `pytest.fail` was used when running a component failed instead of using `CalledProcessError`.
+
 0.3.0 (6/06/2023)
 =================
 * `run_component`: when the component fails, stack traces from helper functions are no longer shown.
diff --git a/viashpy/testing.py b/viashpy/testing.py
index a1b3ef3..9833852 100644
--- a/viashpy/testing.py
+++ b/viashpy/testing.py
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ def run_component(caplog, executable, viash_source_config_path, viash_executable
     def run_and_handle_errors(function_to_run):
         @wraps(function_to_run)
         def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+            __tracebackhide__ = True
             try:
                 return function_to_run(*args, **kwargs)
             except CalledProcessError as e:
@@ -109,10 +110,10 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
                     logger.info(
                         f"Captured component output was:\n{e.stdout.decode('utf-8')}"
                     )
-                    pytest.fail(
-                        f"The component exited with exitcode {e.returncode}.",
-                        pytrace=False,
-                    )
+                    # Create a new CalledProcessError object. This removes verbosity from the original object
+                    raise CalledProcessError(
+                        e.returncode, e.cmd, output=None, stderr=None
+                    ) from None
 
         return wrapper