diff --git a/scripts/test-mods b/scripts/test-mods
index cc120286f9..af7d074302 100755
--- a/scripts/test-mods
+++ b/scripts/test-mods
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e -x
 
-res=$(go mod edit --json | jq '.Replace[] | select(.Old.Path | contains("k8s.io/")) | .New.Path' | grep -v k3s-io | wc -l)
+res=$(go mod edit --json | jq -r '.Replace[] | select(.Old.Path | contains("k8s.io/")) | .New.Path' | grep -vE '^(k8s.io/|github.com/k3s-io/)' | wc -l)
 if [ $res -gt 0 ];then
   echo "Incorrect kubernetes replacement fork in go.mod"
   exit 1