diff --git a/Actions/ReadSecrets/ReadSecretsHelper.psm1 b/Actions/ReadSecrets/ReadSecretsHelper.psm1
index caa10acd0..4f7b48044 100644
--- a/Actions/ReadSecrets/ReadSecretsHelper.psm1
+++ b/Actions/ReadSecrets/ReadSecretsHelper.psm1
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ function GetAzureCredentials {
     return $null
 }
 
-
 function MaskValue {
     Param(
         [string] $key,
@@ -119,6 +118,16 @@ function GetKeyVaultCredentials {
             $creds = $null
         }
     }
+    if ($creds) {
+        try {
+            # check that we have access to get secrets from the keyvault by trying to get a dummy secret
+            GetKeyVaultSecret -secretName 'algodummysecret' -keyVaultCredentials $creds -encrypted | Out-Null
+        }
+        catch {
+            Write-Host "Unable to get secrets from Azure Key Vault. Error was $($_.Exception.Message). Using Github secrets instead."
+            $creds = $null
+        }
+    }
     return $creds
 }
 
diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index d3d2a363f..0c55fefbc 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - Fix issue with github ref when running reusable workflows
 - Issue 1098 Support for specifying the name of the AZURE_CREDENTIALS secret by adding a AZURE_CREDENTIALSSecretName setting
 - Fix placeholder syntax for git ref in PullRequestHandler.yaml
+- Issue 1164 Getting secrets from Azure key vault fails in Preview
 
 ### Dependencies to PowerShell modules