diff --git a/base/commands/migration/migration_stages.go b/base/commands/migration/migration_stages.go
index 685041dfe..1d24c133c 100644
--- a/base/commands/migration/migration_stages.go
+++ b/base/commands/migration/migration_stages.go
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-go-client"
+	"github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-go-client/serialization"
+
 	"github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-commandline-client/clc/ux/stage"
 	clcerrors "github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-commandline-client/errors"
 	"github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-commandline-client/internal/plug"
-	"github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-go-client"
-	"github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-go-client/serialization"
 )
 
 var timeoutErr = fmt.Errorf("migration could not be completed: reached timeout while reading status: "+
@@ -188,6 +189,13 @@ func WaitForMigrationToBeInProgress(ctx context.Context, ci *hazelcast.ClientInt
 			}
 			return err
 		}
+		if Status(status) == StatusFailed {
+			errs, err := fetchMigrationErrors(ctx, ci, migrationID)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("migration failed and dmt cannot fetch migration errors: %w", err)
+			}
+			return errors.New(errs)
+		}
 		if Status(status) == StatusInProgress {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -235,28 +243,17 @@ func fetchMigrationReport(ctx context.Context, ci *hazelcast.ClientInternal, mig
 }
 
 func fetchMigrationErrors(ctx context.Context, ci *hazelcast.ClientInternal, migrationID string) (string, error) {
-	q := fmt.Sprintf(`SELECT JSON_QUERY(this, '$.errors') FROM %s WHERE __key='%s'`, StatusMapName, migrationID)
-	res, err := ci.Client().SQL().Execute(ctx, q)
+	q := fmt.Sprintf(`SELECT JSON_QUERY(this, '$.errors' WITH WRAPPER) FROM %s WHERE __key='%s'`, StatusMapName, migrationID)
+	row, err := querySingleRow(ctx, ci, q)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	it, err := res.Iterator()
+	var errs []string
+	err = json.Unmarshal(row.(serialization.JSON), &errs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	var errs []string
-	for it.HasNext() {
-		row, err := it.Next()
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
-		r, err := row.Get(0)
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
-		errs = append(errs, strings.TrimPrefix(strings.TrimSuffix(string(r.(serialization.JSON)), `"`), `"`))
-	}
-	return strings.Join(errs, "\n"), nil
+	return "* " + strings.Join(errs, "\n* "), nil
 }
 
 func finalizeMigration(ctx context.Context, ec plug.ExecContext, ci *hazelcast.ClientInternal, migrationID, reportOutputDir string) error {
diff --git a/base/commands/migration/start_stages_it_test.go b/base/commands/migration/start_stages_it_test.go
index 568172ecb..d3b6ac7c7 100644
--- a/base/commands/migration/start_stages_it_test.go
+++ b/base/commands/migration/start_stages_it_test.go
@@ -12,15 +12,16 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	hz "github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-go-client"
+	"github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-go-client/serialization"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	_ "github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-commandline-client/base"
 	_ "github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-commandline-client/base/commands"
 	"github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-commandline-client/base/commands/migration"
 	"github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-commandline-client/clc/paths"
 	. "github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-commandline-client/internal/check"
 	"github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-commandline-client/internal/it"
-	hz "github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-go-client"
-	"github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast-go-client/serialization"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestMigrationStages(t *testing.T) {
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ func TestMigrationStages(t *testing.T) {
 				"testdata/start/migration_success_initial.json",
 				"testdata/start/migration_success_failure.json",
 			},
-			expectedErr: errors.New("Failed migrating IMAP: imap5: some error"),
+			expectedErr: errors.New("Failed migrating IMAP: imap5: * some error\n* another error"),
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
diff --git a/base/commands/migration/testdata/start/migration_success_failure.json b/base/commands/migration/testdata/start/migration_success_failure.json
index e4ae91f55..eb29fba2e 100644
--- a/base/commands/migration/testdata/start/migration_success_failure.json
+++ b/base/commands/migration/testdata/start/migration_success_failure.json
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@
     }
   ],
   "logs": ["some user friendly log message", "another user friendly log message"],
-  "errors": ["some error"],
+  "errors": ["some error", "another error"],
   "report": "failed migration report"
 }
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