diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 824741a1e..2d7b495d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
 
           for vcpkg_dir in ../vcpkg_installed ../../vcpkg_installed; do
             if [ -d "$vcpkg_dir" ]; then
-              lib_count="$(find "$vcpkg_dir" -type f \( -name "*.so" -o -name "*.so.[0-9]*" \) ! -path "*/debug/*" -print0 | tr -cd '\0' | wc -c)"
+              lib_count="$(find "$vcpkg_dir" -type f \( -name "*.so" -o -name "*.so.[0-9]*" \) ! -path "*/debug/*" -print0 | awk 'BEGIN{RS=\"\\0\"} END{print NR}')"
               if [ "$lib_count" -gt 0 ]; then
                 find "$vcpkg_dir" -type f \( -name "*.so" -o -name "*.so.[0-9]*" \) ! -path "*/debug/*" -print0 | \
                   while IFS= read -r -d '' lib; do