diff --git a/utils/check_bad_commit.py b/utils/check_bad_commit.py
index 45b015371..f5f4a3944 100644
--- a/utils/check_bad_commit.py
+++ b/utils/check_bad_commit.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ result = subprocess.run(
 print(result.stdout)
 
 if len(result.stderr) > 0:
-    if "ERROR: not found: " in result.stderr:
+    if "ERROR: file or directory not found: " in result.stderr:
         print("test not found in this commit")
         exit(0)
     else: