diff --git a/dist/cli/index.js b/dist/cli/index.js
index a68d73c..b19ef88 100755
--- a/dist/cli/index.js
+++ b/dist/cli/index.js
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ class Runner {
             }
             catch (error) {
                 this.logger.error(`Something went wrong backporting to ${pr.base}: ${error}`);
-                if (configs.errorNotification.enabled && configs.errorNotification.message.length > 0) {
+                if (!configs.dryRun && configs.errorNotification.enabled && configs.errorNotification.message.length > 0) {
                     // notify the failure as comment in the original pull request
                     const comment = (0, runner_util_1.injectError)(configs.errorNotification.message, error);
                     gitApi.createPullRequestComment(configs.originalPullRequest.url, comment);
diff --git a/dist/gha/index.js b/dist/gha/index.js
index 2cfc0b1..e0541dd 100755
--- a/dist/gha/index.js
+++ b/dist/gha/index.js
@@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@ class Runner {
             }
             catch (error) {
                 this.logger.error(`Something went wrong backporting to ${pr.base}: ${error}`);
-                if (configs.errorNotification.enabled && configs.errorNotification.message.length > 0) {
+                if (!configs.dryRun && configs.errorNotification.enabled && configs.errorNotification.message.length > 0) {
                     // notify the failure as comment in the original pull request
                     const comment = (0, runner_util_1.injectError)(configs.errorNotification.message, error);
                     gitApi.createPullRequestComment(configs.originalPullRequest.url, comment);
diff --git a/src/service/runner/runner.ts b/src/service/runner/runner.ts
index a536fa7..a93e810 100644
--- a/src/service/runner/runner.ts
+++ b/src/service/runner/runner.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export default class Runner {
         });
       } catch(error) {
         this.logger.error(`Something went wrong backporting to ${pr.base}: ${error}`);
-        if (configs.errorNotification.enabled && configs.errorNotification.message.length > 0) {
+        if (!configs.dryRun && configs.errorNotification.enabled && configs.errorNotification.message.length > 0) {
           // notify the failure as comment in the original pull request
           const comment = injectError(configs.errorNotification.message, error as string);
           gitApi.createPullRequestComment(configs.originalPullRequest.url, comment);
@@ -139,13 +139,12 @@ export default class Runner {
 
     // 5. create new branch from target one and checkout
     this.logger.debug("Creating local branch..");
-
     await git.gitCli.createLocalBranch(configs.folder, backportPR.head);
 
     // 6. fetch pull request remote if source owner != target owner or pull request still open
     if (configs.originalPullRequest.sourceRepo.owner !== configs.originalPullRequest.targetRepo.owner || 
         configs.originalPullRequest.state === "open") {
-          this.logger.debug("Fetching pull request remote..");
+      this.logger.debug("Fetching pull request remote..");
       const prefix = git.gitClientType === GitClientType.GITLAB ? "merge-requests" : "pull" ; // default is for gitlab
       await git.gitCli.fetch(configs.folder, `${prefix}/${configs.originalPullRequest.number}/head:pr/${configs.originalPullRequest.number}`);
     }
@@ -171,4 +170,4 @@ export default class Runner {
 
     this.logger.clearContext();
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/test/service/runner/cli-github-runner.test.ts b/test/service/runner/cli-github-runner.test.ts
index 153a232..72bc133 100644
--- a/test/service/runner/cli-github-runner.test.ts
+++ b/test/service/runner/cli-github-runner.test.ts
@@ -1327,4 +1327,51 @@ describe("cli runner", () => {
     expect(GitHubClient.prototype.createPullRequestComment).toBeCalledWith("https://api.github.com/repos/owner/reponame/pulls/2368", "Backporting failed: Error: Mocked error: v2");
     expect(GitHubClient.prototype.createPullRequestComment).toBeCalledWith("https://api.github.com/repos/owner/reponame/pulls/2368", "Backporting failed: Error: Mocked error: v3");
   });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  test("with some failures and dry run enabled", async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(GitCLIService.prototype, "cherryPick").mockImplementation((cwd: string, sha: string) => {
+      throw new Error(`Forced error: ${sha}`);
+    });
+
+    addProcessArgs([
+      "-tb",
+      "v1, v2, v3",
+      "-pr",
+      "https://github.com/owner/reponame/pull/2368",
+      "-f",
+      "/tmp/folder",
+      "--bp-branch-name",
+      "custom-failure-head",
+      "--enable-err-notification",
+      "--dry-run",
+    ]);
+
+    await expect(() => runner.execute()).rejects.toThrowError("Failure occurred during one of the backports: [Error: Forced error: 28f63db774185f4ec4b57cd9aaeb12dbfb4c9ecc ; Error: Forced error: 28f63db774185f4ec4b57cd9aaeb12dbfb4c9ecc ; Error: Forced error: 28f63db774185f4ec4b57cd9aaeb12dbfb4c9ecc]");
+
+    const cwd = "/tmp/folder";
+
+    expect(GitClientFactory.getOrCreate).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(GitClientFactory.getOrCreate).toBeCalledWith(GitClientType.GITHUB, undefined, "https://api.github.com");
+
+    expect(GitCLIService.prototype.clone).toBeCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(GitCLIService.prototype.clone).toBeCalledWith("https://github.com/owner/reponame.git", cwd, "v1");
+    expect(GitCLIService.prototype.clone).toBeCalledWith("https://github.com/owner/reponame.git", cwd, "v2");
+    expect(GitCLIService.prototype.clone).toBeCalledWith("https://github.com/owner/reponame.git", cwd, "v3");
+
+    expect(GitCLIService.prototype.createLocalBranch).toBeCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(GitCLIService.prototype.createLocalBranch).toBeCalledWith(cwd, "custom-failure-head-v1");
+    expect(GitCLIService.prototype.createLocalBranch).toBeCalledWith(cwd, "custom-failure-head-v2");
+    expect(GitCLIService.prototype.createLocalBranch).toBeCalledWith(cwd, "custom-failure-head-v3");
+
+    expect(GitCLIService.prototype.fetch).toBeCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(GitCLIService.prototype.fetch).toBeCalledWith(cwd, "pull/2368/head:pr/2368");
+
+    expect(GitCLIService.prototype.cherryPick).toBeCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(GitCLIService.prototype.cherryPick).toThrowError();
+
+    expect(GitCLIService.prototype.push).toBeCalledTimes(0);
+
+    expect(GitHubClient.prototype.createPullRequest).toBeCalledTimes(0);
+    expect(GitHubClient.prototype.createPullRequestComment).toBeCalledTimes(0);
+  });
+});