diff --git a/src/forge/actors/policy.py b/src/forge/actors/policy.py
index de21b3e9e..38889656d 100644
--- a/src/forge/actors/policy.py
+++ b/src/forge/actors/policy.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ async def setup(self):
         # Setup scheduler
         # TODO: Add support for `log_stats`
         kv_cache_configs = await self.policy_worker.setup_kv_cache.call()
-        kv_cache_config = kv_cache_configs._values[0]
+        _, kv_cache_config = next(kv_cache_configs.items())
         self.vllm_config.cache_config.num_gpu_blocks = kv_cache_config.num_blocks
         self.vllm_config.cache_config.num_cpu_blocks = 0
 
@@ -351,15 +351,14 @@ def preprocess_add_request(self, request: EngineCoreRequest) -> tuple[Request, i
     async def run(self):
         # TODO: add support for `iteration_stats`
         # TODO: move postprocessing out of loop to not block
-        parallel_config = self.vllm_config.parallel_config
-        output_rank = parallel_config.world_size - parallel_config.tensor_parallel_size
         self.running = True
         while self.running:
             scheduler_output = self.scheduler.schedule()
             worker_outputs = await self.policy_worker.execute_model.call(
                 scheduler_output
             )
-            worker_output = worker_outputs._values[output_rank]
+            # the results of `execute_model` is gathered on the driver rank (rank 0)
+            _, worker_output = next(worker_outputs.items())
             outputs = self.scheduler.update_from_output(scheduler_output, worker_output)
             outputs = outputs.get(0) or EngineCoreOutputs()
             await asyncio.sleep(0)  # Release control before processing outputs
diff --git a/src/forge/controller/service/replica.py b/src/forge/controller/service/replica.py
index b84e5eec7..85df718df 100644
--- a/src/forge/controller/service/replica.py
+++ b/src/forge/controller/service/replica.py
@@ -242,12 +242,9 @@ async def _process_single_request(self, request: ServiceRequest) -> bool:
             try:
                 result = await endpoint_func.call(*request.args, **request.kwargs)
                 # Unwrap ValueMesh if configured to return first rank result
-                if (
-                    self.return_first_rank_result
-                    and hasattr(result, "_values")
-                    and result._values
-                ):
-                    result = result._values[0]
+                if self.return_first_rank_result:
+                    _, first_result = next(result.items())
+                    result = first_result
                 request.future.set_result(result)
             except ActorError as e:
                 logger.warning(f"Got failure on replica {self.idx}. Error:\n{e}")