diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml b/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
index 0ee9dbb622f..0f91c86617e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: apt update && apt install -y cmake libclang-dev
       - name: Check for deadlocks
-        run: |
-          cargo lockbud -k deadlock -b -l tokio_util
+        run: ./scripts/ci/check-lockbud.sh
 
   target-branch-check:
     name: target-branch-check
diff --git a/scripts/ci/check-lockbud.sh b/scripts/ci/check-lockbud.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..8e1d33b53bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/check-lockbud.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Run lockbud to check for deadlocks and capture the output
+output=$(cargo lockbud -k deadlock -b -l tokio_util 2>&1)
+
+# Check if lockbud returned any issues
+if echo "$output" | grep -q '"bug_kind"'; then
+  # Print the JSON payload
+  echo "Lockbud detected issues:"
+  echo "$output"
+
+  # Exit with a non-zero status to indicate an error
+  exit 1
+else
+  echo "No issues detected by Lockbud."
+  exit 0
+fi
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