diff --git a/.github/workflows/base-std-fork-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/base-std-fork-tests.yml
index 460e7de..1e9fb4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/base-std-fork-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/base-std-fork-tests.yml
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           output="$RUNNER_TEMP/fork-test-output.txt"
-          passed=$(grep -c '\[PASS\]' "$output" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
-          failed=$(grep -c '\[FAIL' "$output" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+          passed=$(grep -c '\[PASS\]' "$output" 2>/dev/null || true); passed=${passed:-0}
+          failed=$(grep -c '\[FAIL' "$output" 2>/dev/null || true); failed=${failed:-0}
 
           {
             echo "## Fork Test Results"
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
           output="$RUNNER_TEMP/fork-test-output.txt"
-          passed=$(grep -c '\[PASS\]' "$output" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
-          failed=$(grep -c '\[FAIL' "$output" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
+          passed=$(grep -c '\[PASS\]' "$output" 2>/dev/null || true); passed=${passed:-0}
+          failed=$(grep -c '\[FAIL' "$output" 2>/dev/null || true); failed=${failed:-0}
           marker="<!-- fork-test-results -->"
 
           if [ ! -s "$output" ] || [ "$((passed + failed))" -eq 0 ]; then