diff --git a/.github/workflows/semver_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/semver_checks.yml
index 994f948ee9..6ac346308e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semver_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semver_checks.yml
@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         set -e
         echo "output<<SEMVER_STDOUT_EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        # Weird sed strip ANSI colors from output
-        exitcode=0
-        (make semver-rev rev="$PR_BASE" || exitcode=$?) |& tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        make semver-rev rev="$PR_BASE" |& tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        exitcode=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
         echo "Semver checks exitcode: " $exitcode
         echo "SEMVER_STDOUT_EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         echo "exitcode=$exitcode" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT