diff --git a/cmd/artifactPrepareVersion.go b/cmd/artifactPrepareVersion.go
index 6a0691ab4..524687299 100644
--- a/cmd/artifactPrepareVersion.go
+++ b/cmd/artifactPrepareVersion.go
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ func pushChanges(config *artifactPrepareVersionOptions, newVersion string, repos
 			log.SetErrorCategory(log.ErrorConfiguration)
 		case strings.Contains(errText, "authentication required"):
 			log.SetErrorCategory(log.ErrorConfiguration)
-		case strings.Contains(errText, "knownhosts: illegal base64"):
+		case strings.Contains(errText, "knownhosts:"):
 			err = errors.Wrap(err, "known_hosts file seems invalid")
 			log.SetErrorCategory(log.ErrorConfiguration)
 		case strings.Contains(errText, "unable to find any valid known_hosts file"):