diff --git a/internal/pkg/report/reporter.go b/internal/pkg/report/reporter.go
index e49402b..b890e4a 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/report/reporter.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/report/reporter.go
@@ -93,6 +93,18 @@ func appendIfNotNil[T any](s []*T, v *T) []*T {
 	return s
 }
 
+// isJobStepEntry is used to not report composite step results incorrectly as step result
+// returns true if the logentry is on job level
+// returns false for composite action step messages
+func isJobStepEntry(entry *log.Entry) bool {
+	if v, ok := entry.Data["stepID"]; ok {
+		if v, ok := v.([]string); ok && len(v) > 1 {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 func (r *Reporter) Fire(entry *log.Entry) error {
 	r.stateMu.Lock()
 	defer r.stateMu.Unlock()
@@ -162,7 +174,7 @@ func (r *Reporter) Fire(entry *log.Entry) error {
 	} else if !r.duringSteps() {
 		r.logRows = appendIfNotNil(r.logRows, r.parseLogRow(entry))
 	}
-	if v, ok := entry.Data["stepResult"]; ok {
+	if v, ok := entry.Data["stepResult"]; ok && isJobStepEntry(entry) {
 		if stepResult, ok := r.parseResult(v); ok {
 			if step.LogLength == 0 {
 				step.LogIndex = int64(r.logOffset + len(r.logRows))
diff --git a/internal/pkg/report/reporter_test.go b/internal/pkg/report/reporter_test.go
index c5a5b61..eb26b42 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/report/reporter_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/report/reporter_test.go
@@ -191,7 +191,22 @@ func TestReporter_Fire(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, reporter.Fire(&log.Entry{Message: "::debug::debug log line", Data: dataStep0}))
 		assert.NoError(t, reporter.Fire(&log.Entry{Message: "::debug::debug log line", Data: dataStep0}))
 		assert.NoError(t, reporter.Fire(&log.Entry{Message: "regular log line", Data: dataStep0}))
+		assert.NoError(t, reporter.Fire(&log.Entry{Message: "composite step result", Data: map[string]interface{}{
+			"stage":      "Main",
+			"stepID":     []string{"0", "0"},
+			"stepNumber": 0,
+			"raw_output": true,
+			"stepResult": "failure",
+		}}))
+		assert.Equal(t, runnerv1.Result_RESULT_UNSPECIFIED, reporter.state.Steps[0].Result)
+		assert.NoError(t, reporter.Fire(&log.Entry{Message: "step result", Data: map[string]interface{}{
+			"stage":      "Main",
+			"stepNumber": 0,
+			"raw_output": true,
+			"stepResult": "success",
+		}}))
+		assert.Equal(t, runnerv1.Result_RESULT_SUCCESS, reporter.state.Steps[0].Result)
 
-		assert.Equal(t, int64(3), reporter.state.Steps[0].LogLength)
+		assert.Equal(t, int64(5), reporter.state.Steps[0].LogLength)
 	})
 }