diff --git a/src/Codeception/Test/Metadata.php b/src/Codeception/Test/Metadata.php
index f004593382..2c140ceb68 100644
--- a/src/Codeception/Test/Metadata.php
+++ b/src/Codeception/Test/Metadata.php
@@ -200,7 +200,11 @@ public function setParamsFromAnnotations($annotations): void
 
         // set singular value for some params
         foreach (['skip', 'incomplete'] as $single) {
-            $this->params[$single] = empty($this->params[$single]) ? null : (string)$this->params[$single][0];
+            if (empty($this->params[$single])) {
+                $this->params[$single] = null;
+            } else {
+                $this->params[$single] = (string)($this->params[$single][0] ?? $this->params[$single][1]);
+            }
         }
     }