diff --git a/nixos/tests/vector/journald-clickhouse.nix b/nixos/tests/vector/journald-clickhouse.nix
index 2cef987d5676..640fdf947ab3 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/vector/journald-clickhouse.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/vector/journald-clickhouse.nix
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@ in
         )
 
       clickhouse.fail(
-        "cat ${selectQuery} | clickhouse-client --user vector --password helloclickhouseworld | grep 2"
+        "cat ${selectQuery} | clickhouse-client --user vector --password helloclickhouseworld | grep -v 0"
       )
 
       clickhouse.wait_until_succeeds(
-        "cat ${selectQuery} | clickhouse-client --user grafana --password helloclickhouseworld2 | grep 2"
+        "cat ${selectQuery} | clickhouse-client --user grafana --password helloclickhouseworld2 | grep -v 0"
       )
     '';
 }