diff --git a/scripts/gh_scripts/issue_comment_bot.py b/scripts/gh_scripts/issue_comment_bot.py
index 575e9f1b69a..8bb4de45ce1 100755
--- a/scripts/gh_scripts/issue_comment_bot.py
+++ b/scripts/gh_scripts/issue_comment_bot.py
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def post_message(payload: dict[str, str]):
 
     if response.status_code != 200:
         print(f'Failed to send message to Slack.  Status code: {response.status_code}')
-        sys.exit(errno.ECOMM)
+        sys.exit(errno.EPIPE)
 
     d = response.json()
     if not d.get('ok', True):