diff --git a/.github/workflows/apply.yml b/.github/workflows/apply.yml
index ba17565..2ae7c79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apply.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apply.yml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - id: detect
         run: |
-          all_sites=$(find sites -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -exec basename {} \; | sort | jq -sRc '.')
+          all_sites=$(find sites -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -exec basename {} \; | sort | jq -Rc 'select(. != "")' | jq -sc '.')
           if git diff HEAD~1...HEAD --name-only | grep -qE '^(modules/|backend\.hcl)'; then
             echo "has-changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "matrix={\"site\": $all_sites}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
-            changed=$(git diff HEAD~1...HEAD --name-only | grep '^sites/' | cut -d/ -f2 | sort -u | jq -sRc '.')
+            changed=$(git diff HEAD~1...HEAD --name-only | grep '^sites/' | cut -d/ -f2 | sort -u | jq -Rc 'select(. != "")' | jq -sc '.')
             if [ "$changed" = "[]" ] || [ -z "$changed" ]; then
               echo "has-changes=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
               echo "matrix={\"site\": []}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/.github/workflows/plan.yml b/.github/workflows/plan.yml
index f2c075d..cb1b6c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/plan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/plan.yml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - id: detect
         run: |
-          all_sites=$(find sites -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -exec basename {} \; | sort | jq -sRc '.')
+          all_sites=$(find sites -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d -exec basename {} \; | sort | jq -Rc 'select(. != "")' | jq -sc '.')
           if git diff origin/main...HEAD --name-only | grep -qE '^(modules/|backend\.hcl)'; then
             echo "has-changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "matrix={\"site\": $all_sites}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
-            changed=$(git diff origin/main...HEAD --name-only | grep '^sites/' | cut -d/ -f2 | sort -u | jq -sRc '.')
+            changed=$(git diff origin/main...HEAD --name-only | grep '^sites/' | cut -d/ -f2 | sort -u | jq -Rc 'select(. != "")' | jq -sc '.')
             if [ "$changed" = "[]" ] || [ -z "$changed" ]; then
               echo "has-changes=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
               echo "matrix={\"site\": []}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT