diff --git a/ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/pandas-tests/diff.sh b/ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/pandas-tests/diff.sh
index f87a3a36fcc..6cf70a2347f 100755
--- a/ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/pandas-tests/diff.sh
+++ b/ci/cudf_pandas_scripts/pandas-tests/diff.sh
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@ MAIN_ARTIFACT=$(rapids-s3-path)cuda12_$(arch)_py${PY_VER}.main-${RAPIDS_FULL_VER
 PR_ARTIFACT=$(rapids-s3-path)cuda12_$(arch)_py${PY_VER}.pr-${RAPIDS_FULL_VERSION}-results.json
 
 rapids-logger "Fetching latest available results from nightly"
-aws s3api list-objects-v2 --bucket rapids-downloads --prefix "nightly/" --query "sort_by(Contents[?ends_with(Key, '_py${PY_VER}.main-${RAPIDS_FULL_VERSION}-results.json')], &LastModified)[::-1].[Key]" --output text > s3_output.txt
-
-read -r COMPARE_ENV < s3_output.txt
-export COMPARE_ENV
+aws s3api list-objects-v2 --bucket rapids-downloads --prefix "nightly/" --query "sort_by(Contents[?ends_with(Key, '_py${PY_VER}.main-${RAPIDS_FULL_VERSION}-results.json')], &LastModified)[::].[Key]" --output text  | tee s3_output.txt
+COMPARE_ENV=$(tail -n 1 s3_output.txt)
 rapids-logger "Latest available results from nightly: ${COMPARE_ENV}"
 
 aws s3 cp "s3://rapids-downloads/${COMPARE_ENV}" main-results.json