diff --git a/.github/actions/allure-report/action.yml b/.github/actions/allure-report/action.yml
index e35cbb20fd..9a1037064a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/allure-report/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/allure-report/action.yml
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ runs:
       shell: bash -euxo pipefail {0}
       run: |
         if [ "${{ inputs.action }}" != "store" ] && [ "${{ inputs.action }}" != "generate" ]; then
-          echo 2>&1 "Unknown inputs.action type '${{ inputs.action }}'; allowed 'generate' or 'store' only"
+          echo >&2 "Unknown inputs.action type '${{ inputs.action }}'; allowed 'generate' or 'store' only"
           exit 1
         fi
 
         if [ -z "${{ inputs.test_selection }}" ] && [ "${{ inputs.action }}" == "store" ]; then
-          echo 2>&1 "inputs.test_selection must be set for 'store' action"
+          echo >&2 "inputs.test_selection must be set for 'store' action"
           exit 2
         fi
 
diff --git a/.github/actions/download/action.yml b/.github/actions/download/action.yml
index eb34d4206a..d3f9bc0414 100644
--- a/.github/actions/download/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/download/action.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ runs:
             echo 'SKIPPED=true' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             exit 0
           else
-            echo 2>&1 "Neither s3://${BUCKET}/${PREFIX}/${FILENAME} nor its version from previous attempts exist"
+            echo >&2 "Neither s3://${BUCKET}/${PREFIX}/${FILENAME} nor its version from previous attempts exist"
             exit 1
           fi
         fi
diff --git a/.github/actions/neon-branch-create/action.yml b/.github/actions/neon-branch-create/action.yml
index 7ee43a3587..f1eea34ab9 100644
--- a/.github/actions/neon-branch-create/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/neon-branch-create/action.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ runs:
         done
 
         if [ -z "${branch_id}" ] || [ "${branch_id}" == "null" ]; then
-          echo 2>&1 "Failed to create branch after 10 attempts, the latest response was: ${branch}"
+          echo >&2 "Failed to create branch after 10 attempts, the latest response was: ${branch}"
           exit 1
         fi
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ runs:
         done
 
         if [ -z "${password}" ] || [ "${password}" == "null" ]; then
-          echo 2>&1 "Failed to reset password after 10 attempts, the latest response was: ${reset_password}"
+          echo >&2 "Failed to reset password after 10 attempts, the latest response was: ${reset_password}"
           exit 1
         fi
 
diff --git a/.github/actions/neon-branch-delete/action.yml b/.github/actions/neon-branch-delete/action.yml
index 5689093e2e..f8cd351dd9 100644
--- a/.github/actions/neon-branch-delete/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/neon-branch-delete/action.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ runs:
         done
 
         if [ -z "${branch_id}" ] || [ "${branch_id}" == "null" ]; then
-          echo 2>&1 "Failed to delete branch after 10 attempts, the latest response was: ${deleted_branch}"
+          echo >&2 "Failed to delete branch after 10 attempts, the latest response was: ${deleted_branch}"
           exit 1
         fi
       env:
diff --git a/.github/actions/upload/action.yml b/.github/actions/upload/action.yml
index 291a2cf3b0..63973dfbe7 100644
--- a/.github/actions/upload/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/upload/action.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ runs:
         mkdir -p $(dirname $ARCHIVE)
 
         if [ -f ${ARCHIVE} ]; then
-          echo 2>&1 "File ${ARCHIVE} already exist. Something went wrong before"
+          echo >&2 "File ${ARCHIVE} already exist. Something went wrong before"
           exit 1
         fi
 
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ runs:
         elif [ -f ${SOURCE} ]; then
           time tar -cf ${ARCHIVE} --zstd ${SOURCE}
         elif ! ls ${SOURCE} > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-          echo 2>&1 "${SOURCE} does not exist"
+          echo >&2 "${SOURCE} does not exist"
           exit 2
         else
-          echo 2>&1 "${SOURCE} is neither a directory nor a file, do not know how to handle it"
+          echo >&2 "${SOURCE} is neither a directory nor a file, do not know how to handle it"
           exit 3
         fi
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
index 4f3ff15364..8471d802bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarking.yml
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
             CONNSTR=${{ secrets.BENCHMARK_RDS_POSTGRES_CONNSTR }}
             ;;
           *)
-            echo 2>&1 "Unknown PLATFORM=${PLATFORM}. Allowed only 'neon-captest-reuse', 'neon-captest-new', 'neon-captest-freetier', 'rds-aurora', or 'rds-postgres'"
+            echo >&2 "Unknown PLATFORM=${PLATFORM}. Allowed only 'neon-captest-reuse', 'neon-captest-new', 'neon-captest-freetier', 'rds-aurora', or 'rds-postgres'"
             exit 1
             ;;
         esac
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ jobs:
             CONNSTR=${{ secrets.BENCHMARK_RDS_POSTGRES_CLICKBENCH_10M_CONNSTR }}
             ;;
           *)
-            echo 2>&1 "Unknown PLATFORM=${PLATFORM}. Allowed only 'neon-captest-reuse', 'rds-aurora', or 'rds-postgres'"
+            echo >&2 "Unknown PLATFORM=${PLATFORM}. Allowed only 'neon-captest-reuse', 'rds-aurora', or 'rds-postgres'"
             exit 1
             ;;
         esac
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ jobs:
             CONNSTR=${{ secrets.BENCHMARK_RDS_POSTGRES_TPCH_S10_CONNSTR }}
             ;;
           *)
-            echo 2>&1 "Unknown PLATFORM=${PLATFORM}. Allowed only 'neon-captest-reuse', 'rds-aurora', or 'rds-postgres'"
+            echo >&2 "Unknown PLATFORM=${PLATFORM}. Allowed only 'neon-captest-reuse', 'rds-aurora', or 'rds-postgres'"
             exit 1
             ;;
         esac
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ jobs:
             CONNSTR=${{ secrets.BENCHMARK_USER_EXAMPLE_RDS_POSTGRES_CONNSTR }}
             ;;
           *)
-            echo 2>&1 "Unknown PLATFORM=${PLATFORM}. Allowed only 'neon-captest-reuse', 'rds-aurora', or 'rds-postgres'"
+            echo >&2 "Unknown PLATFORM=${PLATFORM}. Allowed only 'neon-captest-reuse', 'rds-aurora', or 'rds-postgres'"
             exit 1
             ;;
         esac
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 691320324e..3212b76731 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ jobs:
 
             S3_KEY=$(aws s3api list-objects-v2 --bucket ${BUCKET} --prefix ${OLD_PREFIX} | jq -r '.Contents[].Key' | grep ${FILENAME} | sort --version-sort | tail -1 || true)
             if [ -z "${S3_KEY}" ]; then
-              echo 2>&1 "Neither s3://${BUCKET}/${OLD_PREFIX}/${FILENAME} nor its version from previous attempts exist"
+              echo >&2 "Neither s3://${BUCKET}/${OLD_PREFIX}/${FILENAME} nor its version from previous attempts exist"
               exit 1
             fi