diff --git a/services/logging/Jenkinsfile.data-prepper b/services/logging/Jenkinsfile.data-prepper
index 2b42f0b0..283ce70b 100644
--- a/services/logging/Jenkinsfile.data-prepper
+++ b/services/logging/Jenkinsfile.data-prepper
@@ -214,16 +214,34 @@ EOF
             mkdir -p build
             failures=0
             cases=""
+            case_metrics=""
+
+            label_value() {
+              printf '%s' "$1" | sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' -e 's/"/\\"/g'
+            }
+
+            suite="${SUITE_NAME:-data_prepper}"
+            metric_branch_raw="${BRANCH_NAME:-${GIT_BRANCH:-unknown}}"
+            metric_branch_raw="${metric_branch_raw#origin/}"
+            metric_suite="$(label_value "${suite}")"
+            metric_branch="$(label_value "${metric_branch_raw}")"
+            metric_build_number="$(label_value "${BUILD_NUMBER:-unknown}")"
+            metric_jenkins_job="$(label_value "${JOB_NAME:-data-prepper}")"
 
             add_case() {
               name="$1"
               message="$2"
+              status="passed"
               if [ -n "${message}" ]; then
+                status="failed"
                 failures=$((failures + 1))
                 cases="${cases}<testcase classname=\"data_prepper.packaging\" name=\"${name}\"><failure message=\"${message}\" /></testcase>"
               else
                 cases="${cases}<testcase classname=\"data_prepper.packaging\" name=\"${name}\" />"
               fi
+              test_name="$(label_value "data_prepper.packaging::${name}")"
+              case_metrics="${case_metrics}platform_quality_gate_test_case_result{suite=\"${metric_suite}\",branch=\"${metric_branch}\",build_number=\"${metric_build_number}\",jenkins_job=\"${metric_jenkins_job}\",test=\"${test_name}\",status=\"${status}\"} 1
+"
             }
 
             if [ -s dockerfiles/Dockerfile.data-prepper ]; then
@@ -249,6 +267,14 @@ EOF
 ${cases}
 </testsuite>
 EOF
+            passed=$((3 - failures))
+            cat > build/test-counts.env <<EOF
+test_passed_count=${passed}
+test_failed_count=${failures}
+test_error_count=0
+test_skipped_count=0
+EOF
+            printf '%s' "${case_metrics}" > build/testcase-metrics.prom
             if [ "${failures}" -ne 0 ]; then
               exit 1
             fi
@@ -364,7 +390,7 @@ EOF
       container('git') {
         sh '''
           set -euo pipefail
-          apk add --no-cache curl jq python3 >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+          apk add --no-cache curl jq >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
           suite="${SUITE_NAME}"
           gateway="${PUSHGATEWAY_URL}"
           status="${QUALITY_OUTCOME:-failed}"
@@ -428,73 +454,17 @@ EOF
           export METRIC_BRANCH_RAW="${metric_branch_raw}"
           export METRIC_BUILD_NUMBER_RAW="${BUILD_NUMBER:-unknown}"
           export METRIC_JENKINS_JOB_RAW="${JOB_NAME:-data-prepper}"
-          python3 - <<'PY'
-import glob
-import os
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
-from pathlib import Path
-
-
-def label_value(value: str) -> str:
-    slash = chr(92)
-    return value.replace(slash, slash * 2).replace(chr(10), slash + "n").replace(chr(34), slash + chr(34))
-
-
-totals = {"passed": 0, "failed": 0, "error": 0, "skipped": 0}
-case_lines = []
-suite = os.environ["METRIC_SUITE"]
-branch = os.environ["METRIC_BRANCH_RAW"]
-build_number = os.environ["METRIC_BUILD_NUMBER_RAW"]
-jenkins_job = os.environ["METRIC_JENKINS_JOB_RAW"]
-
-for path in glob.glob("build/junit-*.xml"):
-    try:
-        root = ET.parse(path).getroot()
-    except ET.ParseError:
-        totals["error"] += 1
-        continue
-    for case in root.findall(".//testcase"):
-        name = case.get("name") or "unnamed"
-        classname = case.get("classname") or Path(path).stem
-        test_name = f"{classname}::{name}" if classname else name
-        status = "passed"
-        if case.find("error") is not None:
-            status = "error"
-        elif case.find("failure") is not None:
-            status = "failed"
-        elif case.find("skipped") is not None:
-            status = "skipped"
-        totals[status] += 1
-        labels = {
-            "suite": suite,
-            "branch": branch,
-            "build_number": build_number,
-            "jenkins_job": jenkins_job,
-            "test": test_name,
-            "status": status,
-        }
-        label_blob = ",".join(f'{key}="{label_value(value)}"' for key, value in labels.items())
-        case_lines.append(f"platform_quality_gate_test_case_result{{{label_blob}}} 1")
-
-if not case_lines:
-    totals["skipped"] += 1
-    labels = {
-        "suite": suite,
-        "branch": branch,
-        "build_number": build_number,
-        "jenkins_job": jenkins_job,
-        "test": "__no_test_cases__",
-        "status": "skipped",
-    }
-    label_blob = ",".join(f'{key}="{label_value(value)}"' for key, value in labels.items())
-    case_lines.append(f"platform_quality_gate_test_case_result{{{label_blob}}} 1")
-
-Path("build/test-counts.env").write_text(
-    chr(10).join(f"test_{key}_count={value}" for key, value in totals.items()) + chr(10),
-    encoding="utf-8",
-)
-Path("build/testcase-metrics.prom").write_text(chr(10).join(case_lines) + chr(10), encoding="utf-8")
-PY
+          if [ ! -s build/test-counts.env ] || [ ! -s build/testcase-metrics.prom ]; then
+            cat > build/test-counts.env <<EOF
+test_passed_count=0
+test_failed_count=0
+test_error_count=0
+test_skipped_count=1
+EOF
+            cat > build/testcase-metrics.prom <<METRICS
+platform_quality_gate_test_case_result{suite="${suite}",branch="${metric_branch}",build_number="${metric_build_number}",jenkins_job="${metric_jenkins_job}",test="__no_test_cases__",status="skipped"} 1
+METRICS
+          fi
           . build/test-counts.env
           tests_check="ok"
           if [ "$((test_failed_count + test_error_count))" -gt 0 ]; then