diff --git a/scripts/pr-lib/gates.sh b/scripts/pr-lib/gates.sh
index 4616d65c6d92..ffae1fd745e4 100644
--- a/scripts/pr-lib/gates.sh
+++ b/scripts/pr-lib/gates.sh
@@ -40,12 +40,19 @@ prepare_gates() {
   fi
 
   local has_changelog_update=false
-  if printf '%s\n' "$changed_files" | rg -q '^CHANGELOG\.md$'; then
-    has_changelog_update=true
-  fi
-
-  local unsupported_changelog_fragments
-  unsupported_changelog_fragments=$(printf '%s\n' "$changed_files" | rg '^changelog/fragments/' || true)
+  local unsupported_changelog_fragments=""
+  local changed_path
+  while IFS= read -r changed_path; do
+    [ -n "$changed_path" ] || continue
+    case "$changed_path" in
+      CHANGELOG.md)
+        has_changelog_update=true
+        ;;
+      changelog/fragments/*)
+        unsupported_changelog_fragments="${unsupported_changelog_fragments}${changed_path}"$'\n'
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done <<<"$changed_files"
   if [ -n "$unsupported_changelog_fragments" ]; then
     echo "Unsupported changelog fragment files detected:"
     printf '%s\n' "$unsupported_changelog_fragments"