diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f229530..d8f8a0d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. The format
 ### Updates
 
 - **Internal:**
+  - tests: Replace `wc -l` with `grep -c` ([#3752](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3752))
   - Postfix is now configured with `smtputf8_enable = no` in our default `main.cf` config (_instead of during container startup_). ([#3750](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3750))
 - **Rspamd** ([#3726](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/pull/3726)):
   - symbol scores for SPF, DKIM & DMARC were updated to more closely align with [RFC7489](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7489#page-24); please note though that complete alignment is undesirable, because other symbols might be added as well, which changes the overall score calculation again, see [this issue](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/issues/3690#issuecomment-1866871996)
diff --git a/test/tests/parallel/set1/spam_virus/clamav.bats b/test/tests/parallel/set1/spam_virus/clamav.bats
index 9232f90f..9c035f5b 100644
--- a/test/tests/parallel/set1/spam_virus/clamav.bats
+++ b/test/tests/parallel/set1/spam_virus/clamav.bats
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function setup_file() {
 function teardown_file() { _default_teardown ; }
 
 @test 'log files exist at /var/log/mail directory' {
-  _run_in_container_bash "ls -1 /var/log/mail/ | grep -E 'clamav|freshclam|mail.log' | wc -l"
+  _run_in_container_bash "ls -1 /var/log/mail/ | grep -c -E 'clamav|freshclam|mail.log'"
   assert_success
   assert_output 3
 }
diff --git a/test/tests/parallel/set3/scripts/setup_cli.bats b/test/tests/parallel/set3/scripts/setup_cli.bats
index dca61358..76f16dce 100644
--- a/test/tests/parallel/set3/scripts/setup_cli.bats
+++ b/test/tests/parallel/set3/scripts/setup_cli.bats
@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@ function teardown_file() { _default_teardown ; }
   run ./setup.sh -c "${CONTAINER_NAME}" quota set quota_user2 51M
   assert_failure
 
-  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/dovecot-quotas.cf | grep -E '^quota_user@example.com\:12M\$' | wc -l | grep 1"
+  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/dovecot-quotas.cf | grep -c -E '^quota_user@example.com\:12M\$' | grep 1"
   assert_success
 
   run ./setup.sh -c "${CONTAINER_NAME}" quota set quota_user@example.com 26M
   assert_success
-  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/dovecot-quotas.cf | grep -E '^quota_user@example.com\:26M\$' | wc -l | grep 1"
+  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/dovecot-quotas.cf | grep -c -E '^quota_user@example.com\:26M\$' | grep 1"
   assert_success
 
   run grep "quota_user2@example.com" "${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/dovecot-quotas.cf"
@@ -220,12 +220,12 @@ function teardown_file() { _default_teardown ; }
 @test "delquota" {
   run ./setup.sh -c "${CONTAINER_NAME}" quota set quota_user@example.com 12M
   assert_success
-  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/dovecot-quotas.cf | grep -E '^quota_user@example.com\:12M\$' | wc -l | grep 1"
+  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/dovecot-quotas.cf | grep -c -E '^quota_user@example.com\:12M\$' | grep 1"
   assert_success
 
   run ./setup.sh -c "${CONTAINER_NAME}" quota del unknown@domain.com
   assert_failure
-  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/dovecot-quotas.cf | grep -E '^quota_user@example.com\:12M\$' | wc -l | grep 1"
+  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/dovecot-quotas.cf | grep -c -E '^quota_user@example.com\:12M\$' | grep 1"
   assert_success
 
   run ./setup.sh -c "${CONTAINER_NAME}" quota del quota_user@example.com
@@ -260,13 +260,13 @@ function teardown_file() { _default_teardown ; }
   ./setup.sh -c "${CONTAINER_NAME}" relay add-domain example3.org smtp.relay.com 587
 
   # check adding
-  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/postfix-relaymap.cf | grep -e '^@example1.org\s\+\[smtp.relay1.com\]:2525' | wc -l | grep 1"
+  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/postfix-relaymap.cf | grep -c -e '^@example1.org\s\+\[smtp.relay1.com\]:2525' | grep 1"
   assert_success
   # test default port
-  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/postfix-relaymap.cf | grep -e '^@example2.org\s\+\[smtp.relay2.com\]:25' | wc -l | grep 1"
+  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/postfix-relaymap.cf | grep -c -e '^@example2.org\s\+\[smtp.relay2.com\]:25' | grep 1"
   assert_success
   # test modifying
-  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/postfix-relaymap.cf | grep -e '^@example3.org\s\+\[smtp.relay.com\]:587' | wc -l | grep 1"
+  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/postfix-relaymap.cf | grep -c -e '^@example3.org\s\+\[smtp.relay.com\]:587' | grep 1"
   assert_success
 }
 
@@ -276,16 +276,16 @@ function teardown_file() { _default_teardown ; }
   ./setup.sh -c "${CONTAINER_NAME}" relay add-auth example2.org smtp_user2 smtp_pass_new
 
   # test adding
-  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/postfix-sasl-password.cf | grep -e '^@example.org\s\+smtp_user:smtp_pass' | wc -l | grep 1"
+  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/postfix-sasl-password.cf | grep -c -e '^@example.org\s\+smtp_user:smtp_pass' | grep 1"
   assert_success
   # test updating
-  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/postfix-sasl-password.cf | grep -e '^@example2.org\s\+smtp_user2:smtp_pass_new' | wc -l | grep 1"
+  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/postfix-sasl-password.cf | grep -c -e '^@example2.org\s\+smtp_user2:smtp_pass_new' | grep 1"
   assert_success
 }
 
 @test "relay exclude-domain" {
   ./setup.sh -c "${CONTAINER_NAME}" relay exclude-domain example.org
 
-  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/postfix-relaymap.cf | grep -e '^@example.org\s*$' | wc -l | grep 1"
+  run /bin/sh -c "cat ${TEST_TMP_CONFIG}/postfix-relaymap.cf | grep -c -e '^@example.org\s*$' | grep 1"
   assert_success
 }
diff --git a/test/tests/serial/tests.bats b/test/tests/serial/tests.bats
index 26deb541..752e325e 100644
--- a/test/tests/serial/tests.bats
+++ b/test/tests/serial/tests.bats
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ EOF
 #
 
 @test "amavis: config overrides" {
-  _run_in_container_bash "grep 'Test Verification' /etc/amavis/conf.d/50-user | wc -l"
+  _run_in_container_bash "grep -c 'Test Verification' /etc/amavis/conf.d/50-user"
   assert_success
   assert_output 1
 }