diff --git a/tests/Manifest.tests.ps1 b/tests/Manifest.tests.ps1
index d492528..dd7d7bf 100644
--- a/tests/Manifest.tests.ps1
+++ b/tests/Manifest.tests.ps1
@@ -140,11 +140,15 @@ BeforeAll {
     # Parse the version from the changelog
     $changelogPath = Join-Path -Path $Env:BHProjectPath -ChildPath 'CHANGELOG.md'
     $changelogVersionPattern = '^##\s\\?\[(?<Version>(\d+\.){1,3}\d+)\\?\]' # Matches on a line that starts with '## [Version]' or '## \[Version\]'
-    $changelogVersion = Get-Content $changelogPath | ForEach-Object {
-        if ($_ -match $changelogVersionPattern) {
-            $changelogVersion = $matches.Version
-            break
-        }
+    # Select-String returns the first matching line's named capture directly — no loop and no
+    # 'break' (which is unreliable inside ForEach-Object, since a pipeline is not a loop).
+    # Capture the MatchInfo first and guard for no match, so a missing or malformed changelog
+    # heading leaves $changelogVersion as $null (failing the assertion below cleanly) instead of
+    # throwing "Cannot index into a null array" here in BeforeAll.
+    $changelogMatch = Select-String -Path $changelogPath -Pattern $changelogVersionPattern |
+        Select-Object -First 1
+    $changelogVersion = if ($changelogMatch) {
+        $changelogMatch.Matches[0].Groups['Version'].Value
     }
 }
 Describe 'Module manifest' {