diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-shellcheck-exclude.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-shellcheck-exclude.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8bf9aa9b812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-shellcheck-exclude.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - ansible-test - The ``shellcheck`` sanity test no longer disables the ``SC2164`` check.
+                   In most cases, seeing this error means the script is missing ``set -e``.
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/shellcheck/exclude.txt b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/shellcheck/exclude.txt
index 29588ddd861..6563f8fbbf3 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/shellcheck/exclude.txt
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/shellcheck/exclude.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 SC1090
 SC1091
-SC2164