diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4a3e97d..278cbc8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.42
+0.1.43
diff --git a/bin/ih-setup b/bin/ih-setup
index 6a9ab19..d17db2b 100755
--- a/bin/ih-setup
+++ b/bin/ih-setup
@@ -301,11 +301,14 @@ function ih::private::state::is-step-installed() {
 }
 
 function ih::private::upgrade() {
-
   ih::log::info "Checking for updates..."
 
+  if ! brew update >/dev/null; then
+    ih::log::error "brew update failed"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
   local OUTDATED
-  brew update >/dev/null
   OUTDATED=$(brew outdated ih-core)
   if [ -z "$OUTDATED" ]; then
     ih::log::info "ih-setup is up-to-date"
@@ -313,8 +316,11 @@ function ih::private::upgrade() {
   fi
 
   ih::log::info "Upgrading ih-setup"
+  if ! brew upgrade ih-core; then
+    ih::log::error "brew upgrade ih-core failed"
+    return 1
+  fi
 
-  brew upgrade ih-core || exit 1
   ih-setup install
 }
 
diff --git a/formula/ih-core.rb b/formula/ih-core.rb
index 6617e5e..5b7e0c1 100644
--- a/formula/ih-core.rb
+++ b/formula/ih-core.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class IhCore < Formula
-  VERSION="0.1.42"
+  VERSION="0.1.43"
   desc "Brew formula for installing core tools used at Included Health engineering."
   homepage "https://github.com/ConsultingMD/homebrew-ih-public"
   license "CC BY-NC-ND 4.0"