diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index a80668a4524..66294578526 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #20030: Improve performance of handling `ErrorHandler::$memoryReserveSize` (antonshevelev, rob006)
 - Enh #20042: Add empty array check to `ActiveQueryTrait::findWith()` (renkas)
 - Enh #20032: Added `mask` method for string masking with multibyte support (salehhashemi1992)
-
+- Enh #20047: Throw exception when fixture not found rather than ignoring (borgou)
 
 2.0.49.2 October 12, 2023
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diff --git a/framework/console/controllers/FixtureController.php b/framework/console/controllers/FixtureController.php
index caba5d271cd..d7bd236296d 100644
--- a/framework/console/controllers/FixtureController.php
+++ b/framework/console/controllers/FixtureController.php
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ private function getFixturesConfig($fixtures)
                 $config[] = $fullClassName;
             } elseif (class_exists($fullClassName . 'Fixture')) {
                 $config[] = $fullClassName . 'Fixture';
+            } else {
+                throw new Exception('Neither fixture "' . $fullClassName . '" nor "' . $fullClassName . 'Fixture" was found.');
             }
         }