diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools.yaml b/.github/workflows/tools.yaml
index 94f61b1..c4c17b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools.yaml
@@ -184,11 +184,12 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         set -x
         # check if the ToolIDValid linter is called (no of tools - 1 ) times, i.e. is skipped once
-        if [ "$(grep -c ToolIDValid lint_report.txt)" != "2" ]; then
+        if [ "$(grep -c ToolIDValid lint_report.txt)" != "3" ]; then
           echo "expecting exactly 2 tests for ToolIDValid"; exit 1; 
         fi
         grep tool1 lint_report.txt
         grep tool2 lint_report.txt
+        grep fail lint_report.txt
         grep "ERROR: Error 'HTTPConnectionPool" lint_report.txt
         grep "TestsNoValid" lint_report.txt
   test-tools: