diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Svn.php b/src/Composer/Util/Svn.php
index affb4d5ec..6c3309b45 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Svn.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Svn.php
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class Svn
         }
 
         // the error is not auth-related
-        if (false === stripos($output, 'authorization failed:')) {
+        if (false === stripos($output, 'Could not authenticate to server:')) {
             throw new \RuntimeException($output);
         }