diff --git a/task/sast-snyk-check-oci-ta/0.3/sast-snyk-check-oci-ta.yaml b/task/sast-snyk-check-oci-ta/0.3/sast-snyk-check-oci-ta.yaml
index 8595a46175..b0c59218ce 100644
--- a/task/sast-snyk-check-oci-ta/0.3/sast-snyk-check-oci-ta.yaml
+++ b/task/sast-snyk-check-oci-ta/0.3/sast-snyk-check-oci-ta.yaml
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ spec:
 
           # Generation of scan stats
 
-          total_files=$(jq '[.runs[0].properties.coverage[].files] | add' "${SOURCE_CODE_DIR}"/sast_snyk_check_out.json)
-          supported_files=$(jq '[.runs[0].properties.coverage[] | select(.type == "SUPPORTED") | .files] | add' "${SOURCE_CODE_DIR}"/sast_snyk_check_out.json)
+          total_files=$(jq '[.runs[0].properties.coverage[].files // 0] | add' "${SOURCE_CODE_DIR}"/sast_snyk_check_out.json)
+          supported_files=$(jq '[.runs[0].properties.coverage[] | select(.type == "SUPPORTED") | .files // 0] | add' "${SOURCE_CODE_DIR}"/sast_snyk_check_out.json)
 
           # We make sure the values are 0 if no supported/total files are found
           total_files=${total_files:-0}
diff --git a/task/sast-snyk-check/0.3/sast-snyk-check.yaml b/task/sast-snyk-check/0.3/sast-snyk-check.yaml
index 138e9c61a4..2a78e65207 100644
--- a/task/sast-snyk-check/0.3/sast-snyk-check.yaml
+++ b/task/sast-snyk-check/0.3/sast-snyk-check.yaml
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ spec:
 
           # Generation of scan stats
 
-          total_files=$(jq '[.runs[0].properties.coverage[].files] | add' "${SOURCE_CODE_DIR}"/sast_snyk_check_out.json)
-          supported_files=$(jq '[.runs[0].properties.coverage[] | select(.type == "SUPPORTED") | .files] | add' "${SOURCE_CODE_DIR}"/sast_snyk_check_out.json)
+          total_files=$(jq '[.runs[0].properties.coverage[].files // 0] | add' "${SOURCE_CODE_DIR}"/sast_snyk_check_out.json)
+          supported_files=$(jq '[.runs[0].properties.coverage[] | select(.type == "SUPPORTED") | .files // 0] | add' "${SOURCE_CODE_DIR}"/sast_snyk_check_out.json)
 
           # We make sure the values are 0 if no supported/total files are found
           total_files=${total_files:-0}