diff --git a/superset/db_engine_specs/trino.py b/superset/db_engine_specs/trino.py
index c7ae2b0f82e..beb7c0a604e 100644
--- a/superset/db_engine_specs/trino.py
+++ b/superset/db_engine_specs/trino.py
@@ -62,9 +62,7 @@ except ImportError:
 class CustomTrinoAuthErrorMeta(type):
     def __instancecheck__(cls, instance: object) -> bool:
         logger.info("is this being called?")
-        return isinstance(
-            instance, HttpError
-        ) and "error 401: b'Invalid credentials'" in str(instance)
+        return isinstance(instance, HttpError) and "error 401" in str(instance)
 
 
 class TrinoAuthError(HttpError, metaclass=CustomTrinoAuthErrorMeta):