diff --git a/.github/actions/simeng_benchmarks/action.yml b/.github/actions/simeng_benchmarks/action.yml
index 333cffc38..e75bd74ef 100644
--- a/.github/actions/simeng_benchmarks/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/simeng_benchmarks/action.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ runs:
       run: |
         cd ${{ inputs.RUN_DIR }}
         simeng $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/configs/a64fx.yaml ${{ inputs.BIN_PATH }} 2>&1 tee $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/simeng.tmp
-        if (grep -s ${{ inputs.PASS_STRING }} $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/simeng.tmp); then
+        if (grep -sE *${{ inputs.PASS_STRING }}* $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/simeng.tmp); then
           echo "Passed"
         else
           echo "Failed"