diff --git a/ci/test_cpp.sh b/ci/test_cpp.sh
index 5b1e8aa398c..b3d7919b279 100755
--- a/ci/test_cpp.sh
+++ b/ci/test_cpp.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ set -u
 CPP_CHANNEL=$(rapids-download-conda-from-s3 cpp)
 RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR=${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR:-"${PWD}/test-results"}/
 mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR}"
-SUITEERROR=0
 
 rapids-print-env
 
@@ -32,6 +31,8 @@ rapids-mamba-retry install \
 rapids-logger "Check GPU usage"
 nvidia-smi
 
+EXITCODE=0
+trap "EXITCODE=1" ERR
 set +e
 
 # TODO: Disabling stream identification for now.
@@ -61,12 +62,6 @@ for gt in "$CONDA_PREFIX"/bin/gtests/{libcudf,libcudf_kafka}/* ; do
     #else
     #    GTEST_CUDF_STREAM_MODE="custom" LD_PRELOAD=${STREAM_IDENTIFY_LIB} ${gt} --gtest_output=xml:${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR}
     #fi
-
-    exitcode=$?
-    if (( ${exitcode} != 0 )); then
-        SUITEERROR=${exitcode}
-        echo "FAILED: GTest ${gt}"
-    fi
 done
 
 if [[ "${RAPIDS_BUILD_TYPE}" == "nightly" ]]; then
@@ -85,4 +80,5 @@ if [[ "${RAPIDS_BUILD_TYPE}" == "nightly" ]]; then
     # TODO: test-results/*.cs.log are processed in gpuci
 fi
 
-exit ${SUITEERROR}
+rapids-logger "Test script exiting with value: $EXITCODE"
+exit ${EXITCODE}
diff --git a/ci/test_java.sh b/ci/test_java.sh
index 27a1f2aa46f..f905aaa1178 100755
--- a/ci/test_java.sh
+++ b/ci/test_java.sh
@@ -29,22 +29,17 @@ rapids-mamba-retry install \
   --channel "${CPP_CHANNEL}" \
   libcudf
 
-SUITEERROR=0
-
 rapids-logger "Check GPU usage"
 nvidia-smi
 
+EXITCODE=0
+trap "EXITCODE=1" ERR
 set +e
 
 rapids-logger "Run Java tests"
 pushd java
 mvn test -B -DCUDF_JNI_ARROW_STATIC=OFF -DCUDF_JNI_ENABLE_PROFILING=OFF
-exitcode=$?
-
-if (( ${exitcode} != 0 )); then
-    SUITEERROR=${exitcode}
-    echo "FAILED: 1 or more tests in cudf Java"
-fi
 popd
 
-exit ${SUITEERROR}
+rapids-logger "Test script exiting with value: $EXITCODE"
+exit ${EXITCODE}
diff --git a/ci/test_notebooks.sh b/ci/test_notebooks.sh
index f1e17162195..7f5f35219b0 100755
--- a/ci/test_notebooks.sh
+++ b/ci/test_notebooks.sh
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ pushd notebooks
 # (space-separated list of filenames without paths)
 SKIPNBS=""
 
-# Set SUITEERROR to failure if any run fails
-SUITEERROR=0
-
+EXITCODE=0
+trap "EXITCODE=1" ERR
 set +e
 for nb in $(find . -name "*.ipynb"); do
     nbBasename=$(basename ${nb})
@@ -55,8 +54,8 @@ for nb in $(find . -name "*.ipynb"); do
     else
         nvidia-smi
         ${NBTEST} ${nbBasename}
-        SUITEERROR=$((SUITEERROR | $?))
     fi
 done
 
-exit ${SUITEERROR}
+rapids-logger "Test script exiting with value: $EXITCODE"
+exit ${EXITCODE}
diff --git a/ci/test_python_common.sh b/ci/test_python_common.sh
index 107540c0192..0e922c105dd 100755
--- a/ci/test_python_common.sh
+++ b/ci/test_python_common.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
 # Common setup steps shared by Python test jobs
 
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ PYTHON_CHANNEL=$(rapids-download-conda-from-s3 python)
 RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR=${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR:-"${PWD}/test-results"}
 RAPIDS_COVERAGE_DIR=${RAPIDS_COVERAGE_DIR:-"${PWD}/coverage-results"}
 mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR}" "${RAPIDS_COVERAGE_DIR}"
-SUITEERROR=0
 
 rapids-print-env
 
diff --git a/ci/test_python_cudf.sh b/ci/test_python_cudf.sh
index bea162a9318..337ef38cf97 100755
--- a/ci/test_python_cudf.sh
+++ b/ci/test_python_cudf.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
 # Common setup steps shared by Python test jobs
 source "$(dirname "$0")/test_python_common.sh"
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ source "$(dirname "$0")/test_python_common.sh"
 rapids-logger "Check GPU usage"
 nvidia-smi
 
+EXITCODE=0
+trap "EXITCODE=1" ERR
 set +e
 
 rapids-logger "pytest cudf"
@@ -24,12 +26,6 @@ pytest \
   --cov-report=xml:"${RAPIDS_COVERAGE_DIR}/cudf-coverage.xml" \
   --cov-report=term \
   tests
-exitcode=$?
-
-if (( ${exitcode} != 0 )); then
-    SUITEERROR=${exitcode}
-    echo "FAILED: 1 or more tests in cudf"
-fi
 popd
 
 # Run benchmarks with both cudf and pandas to ensure compatibility is maintained.
@@ -48,12 +44,6 @@ pytest \
   --cov-report=xml:"${RAPIDS_COVERAGE_DIR}/cudf-benchmark-coverage.xml" \
   --cov-report=term \
   benchmarks
-exitcode=$?
-
-if (( ${exitcode} != 0 )); then
-    SUITEERROR=${exitcode}
-    echo "FAILED: 1 or more tests in cudf"
-fi
 
 rapids-logger "pytest for cudf benchmarks using pandas"
 CUDF_BENCHMARKS_USE_PANDAS=ON \
@@ -67,12 +57,7 @@ pytest \
   --cov-report=xml:"${RAPIDS_COVERAGE_DIR}/cudf-benchmark-pandas-coverage.xml" \
   --cov-report=term \
   benchmarks
-exitcode=$?
-
-if (( ${exitcode} != 0 )); then
-    SUITEERROR=${exitcode}
-    echo "FAILED: 1 or more tests in cudf"
-fi
 popd
 
-exit ${SUITEERROR}
+rapids-logger "Test script exiting with value: $EXITCODE"
+exit ${EXITCODE}
diff --git a/ci/test_python_other.sh b/ci/test_python_other.sh
index d7a5e288193..b79cd44cdbe 100755
--- a/ci/test_python_other.sh
+++ b/ci/test_python_other.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
 # Common setup steps shared by Python test jobs
 source "$(dirname "$0")/test_python_common.sh"
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ rapids-mamba-retry install \
 rapids-logger "Check GPU usage"
 nvidia-smi
 
+EXITCODE=0
+trap "EXITCODE=1" ERR
 set +e
 
 rapids-logger "pytest dask_cudf"
@@ -26,12 +28,6 @@ pytest \
   --cov-report=xml:"${RAPIDS_COVERAGE_DIR}/dask-cudf-coverage.xml" \
   --cov-report=term \
   dask_cudf
-exitcode=$?
-
-if (( ${exitcode} != 0 )); then
-    SUITEERROR=${exitcode}
-    echo "FAILED: 1 or more tests in dask-cudf"
-fi
 popd
 
 rapids-logger "pytest custreamz"
@@ -46,12 +42,6 @@ pytest \
   --cov-report=xml:"${RAPIDS_COVERAGE_DIR}/custreamz-coverage.xml" \
   --cov-report=term \
   custreamz
-exitcode=$?
-
-if (( ${exitcode} != 0 )); then
-    SUITEERROR=${exitcode}
-    echo "FAILED: 1 or more tests in custreamz"
-fi
 popd
 
 set -e
@@ -73,12 +63,6 @@ pytest \
   --cov-report=xml:"${RAPIDS_COVERAGE_DIR}/strings-udf-coverage.xml" \
   --cov-report=term \
   tests
-exitcode=$?
-
-if (( ${exitcode} != 0 )); then
-    SUITEERROR=${exitcode}
-    echo "FAILED: 1 or more tests in strings_udf"
-fi
 popd
 
 rapids-logger "pytest cudf with strings_udf"
@@ -94,12 +78,7 @@ pytest \
   --cov-report=xml:"${RAPIDS_COVERAGE_DIR}/cudf-strings-udf-coverage.xml" \
   --cov-report=term \
   tests/test_udf_masked_ops.py
-exitcode=$?
-
-if (( ${exitcode} != 0 )); then
-    SUITEERROR=${exitcode}
-    echo "FAILED: 1 or more tests in cudf with strings_udf"
-fi
 popd
 
-exit ${SUITEERROR}
+rapids-logger "Test script exiting with value: $EXITCODE"
+exit ${EXITCODE}