diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 154d8ab8c149..831048263f8f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ function install_airflow_dependencies_from_branch_tip() {
     # Uninstall airflow and providers to keep only the dependencies. In the future when
     # planned https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11440 is implemented in pip we might be able to use this
     # flag and skip the remove step.
-    pip freeze | grep apache-airflow-providers | xargs --no-run-if-empty ${PACKAGING_TOOL_CMD} uninstall ${EXTRA_UNINSTALL_FLAGS}
+    pip freeze | (grep apache-airflow-providers || true) | xargs --no-run-if-empty ${PACKAGING_TOOL_CMD} uninstall ${EXTRA_UNINSTALL_FLAGS}
     set +x
     echo
     echo "${COLOR_BLUE}Uninstalling just airflow. Dependencies remain. Now target airflow can be reinstalled using mostly cached dependencies${COLOR_RESET}"
diff --git a/Dockerfile.ci b/Dockerfile.ci
index 7c6a3320f74c..4128b56f29b1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ci
+++ b/Dockerfile.ci
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ function install_airflow_dependencies_from_branch_tip() {
     # Uninstall airflow and providers to keep only the dependencies. In the future when
     # planned https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11440 is implemented in pip we might be able to use this
     # flag and skip the remove step.
-    pip freeze | grep apache-airflow-providers | xargs --no-run-if-empty ${PACKAGING_TOOL_CMD} uninstall ${EXTRA_UNINSTALL_FLAGS}
+    pip freeze | (grep apache-airflow-providers || true) | xargs --no-run-if-empty ${PACKAGING_TOOL_CMD} uninstall ${EXTRA_UNINSTALL_FLAGS}
     set +x
     echo
     echo "${COLOR_BLUE}Uninstalling just airflow. Dependencies remain. Now target airflow can be reinstalled using mostly cached dependencies${COLOR_RESET}"
diff --git a/scripts/docker/install_airflow_dependencies_from_branch_tip.sh b/scripts/docker/install_airflow_dependencies_from_branch_tip.sh
index e2dae4641b11..a0a3c4647bfe 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/install_airflow_dependencies_from_branch_tip.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker/install_airflow_dependencies_from_branch_tip.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function install_airflow_dependencies_from_branch_tip() {
     # Uninstall airflow and providers to keep only the dependencies. In the future when
     # planned https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11440 is implemented in pip we might be able to use this
     # flag and skip the remove step.
-    pip freeze | grep apache-airflow-providers | xargs --no-run-if-empty ${PACKAGING_TOOL_CMD} uninstall ${EXTRA_UNINSTALL_FLAGS}
+    pip freeze | (grep apache-airflow-providers || true) | xargs --no-run-if-empty ${PACKAGING_TOOL_CMD} uninstall ${EXTRA_UNINSTALL_FLAGS}
     set +x
     echo
     echo "${COLOR_BLUE}Uninstalling just airflow. Dependencies remain. Now target airflow can be reinstalled using mostly cached dependencies${COLOR_RESET}"