diff --git a/templates/scripts/update/update.jinja2 b/templates/scripts/update/update.jinja2
index 5c912c52e50bb8cefad0f2830e3c26b9bcac567a..63b60153c6143d565318a8fea0ce6a9ce59615db 100644
--- a/templates/scripts/update/update.jinja2
+++ b/templates/scripts/update/update.jinja2
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
 if [ $force -eq 0 ]; then
   echo '> check for changes'
   OUTPUT=$(git remote show origin)
-  if [[ $OUTPUT == *"pushes to $branch (up to date)"* ]]; then
+  if [[ $OUTPUT == *"$branch "*"pushes to $branch "*"(up to date)"* ]]; then
     echo "> unchanged, cancel"
     exit
   fi