diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5dbe40e3..7ec26157 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
 * Point values in `line-height`, `letter-spacing`,
   `horizontal-letter-offset` and `vertical-letter-offset` are now
   rounded, not truncated, when translated to pixel values.
-* Foot’s exit code is now -27/229 when foot itself failed to launch
+* Foot’s exit code is now -26/230 when foot itself failed to launch
   (due to invalid command line options, client application/shell not
-  found etc). Footclient’s exit code is -28/228 when it itself fails
-  to launch (e.g. bad command line option) and -27/229 when the foot
+  found etc). Footclient’s exit code is -36/220 when it itself fails
+  to launch (e.g. bad command line option) and -26/230 when the foot
   server failed to instantiate a new window
   (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/466).
 
diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
index 388f816e..1445146c 100644
--- a/client.c
+++ b/client.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ main(int argc, char *const *argv)
 {
     /* Custom exit code, to enable users to differentiate between foot
      * itself failing, and the client application failiing */
-    static const int foot_exit_failure = -28;
+    static const int foot_exit_failure = -36;
     int ret = foot_exit_failure;
 
     const char *const prog_name = argv[0];
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 573cb0a1..82795424 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ main(int argc, char *const *argv)
 {
     /* Custom exit code, to enable users to differentiate between foot
      * itself failing, and the client application failiing */
-    static const int foot_exit_failure = -27;
+    static const int foot_exit_failure = -26;
     int ret = foot_exit_failure;
 
     /* Startup notifications; we don't support it, but must ensure we
diff --git a/server.c b/server.c
index 6a86bae2..1b33ee23 100644
--- a/server.c
+++ b/server.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ fdm_client(struct fdm *fdm, int fd, int events, void *data)
 
     if (instance->terminal == NULL) {
         LOG_ERR("failed to instantiate new terminal");
-        client_send_exit_code(client, -27);
+        client_send_exit_code(client, -26);
         instance_destroy(instance, -1);
         goto shutdown;
     }
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ server_destroy(struct server *server)
             tll_length(server->clients));
 
     tll_foreach(server->clients, it) {
-        client_send_exit_code(it->item, -27);
+        client_send_exit_code(it->item, -26);
         client_destroy(it->item);
     }