diff --git a/.github/actions/smoke-tests/action.yaml b/.github/actions/smoke-tests/action.yaml
index bf6c4b80a0..a85aba1415 100644
--- a/.github/actions/smoke-tests/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/smoke-tests/action.yaml
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ runs:
         --durations=10 \
         --show-ic-logs=yes \
         --ad-secret=${{ inputs.azure-ad-secret }} \
-        -m ${{ inputs.marker != '' && inputs.marker || '""' }} \
-        -v \
-        -s
+        -m ${{ inputs.marker != '' && inputs.marker || '""' }}
       working-directory: ./tests
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e2efca2fe3..bc685aaf86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
           source .github/data/version.txt
           echo "ic_version=${IC_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "chart_version=${HELM_CHART_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "forked_workflow=${{ (github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name) || github.repository != 'nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress' }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "forked_workflow=${{ (github.event.pull_request && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name) || github.repository != 'nginxinc/kubernetes-ingress' }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           publish=false
           if ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.publish-image }}; then
             publish=true