diff --git a/backend/plugins/testmo/tasks/shared.go b/backend/plugins/testmo/tasks/shared.go
index 3a2e86dd53f..2d8187d7e32 100644
--- a/backend/plugins/testmo/tasks/shared.go
+++ b/backend/plugins/testmo/tasks/shared.go
@@ -45,20 +45,20 @@ func CreateTestmoApiClient(taskCtx plugin.TaskContext, connection *models.Testmo
 	return CreateApiClient(taskCtx, connection)
 }
 
+// GetTotalPagesFromResponse reads the page count of a Testmo list response.
+// Testmo returns the pagination fields (page, prev_page, next_page,
+// last_page, per_page, total) at the top level of the body, not in a meta
+// object; last_page is nullable.
 func GetTotalPagesFromResponse(res *http.Response, args *helper.ApiCollectorArgs) (int, errors.Error) {
-	body := &models.TestmoResponse{}
+	body := &struct {
+		LastPage *int `json:"last_page"`
+	}{}
 	err := helper.UnmarshalResponse(res, body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-
-	// Parse meta information for pagination
-	if meta, ok := body.Meta.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
-		if totalPages, exists := meta["total_pages"]; exists {
-			if pages, ok := totalPages.(float64); ok {
-				return int(pages), nil
-			}
-		}
+	if body.LastPage != nil && *body.LastPage > 1 {
+		return *body.LastPage, nil
 	}
 	return 1, nil
 }
diff --git a/backend/plugins/testmo/tasks/shared_test.go b/backend/plugins/testmo/tasks/shared_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c98a037386c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/plugins/testmo/tasks/shared_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package tasks
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	helper "github.com/apache/devlake/helpers/pluginhelper/api"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func newTestmoListResponse(body string) *http.Response {
+	return &http.Response{
+		StatusCode: http.StatusOK,
+		Body:       io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(body)),
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetTotalPagesFromResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	args := &helper.ApiCollectorArgs{PageSize: 100}
+
+	t.Run("first of several pages", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Testmo list endpoints (RunPage, MilestonePage, AutomationRunPage)
+		// return the pagination fields at the top level.
+		res := newTestmoListResponse(`{"page": 1, "prev_page": null, "next_page": 2, "last_page": 3,
+			"per_page": 100, "total": 250, "result": [{"id": 1}]}`)
+		totalPages, err := GetTotalPagesFromResponse(res, args)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, 3, totalPages)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("single page", func(t *testing.T) {
+		res := newTestmoListResponse(`{"page": 1, "prev_page": null, "next_page": null, "last_page": 1,
+			"per_page": 100, "total": 2, "result": [{"id": 1}, {"id": 2}]}`)
+		totalPages, err := GetTotalPagesFromResponse(res, args)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, 1, totalPages)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("no results", func(t *testing.T) {
+		res := newTestmoListResponse(`{"page": null, "prev_page": null, "next_page": null, "last_page": null,
+			"per_page": 100, "total": 0, "result": []}`)
+		totalPages, err := GetTotalPagesFromResponse(res, args)
+		assert.Nil(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, 1, totalPages)
+	})
+}