diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_generation_config.yaml b/.github/workflows/update_generation_config.yaml
index 59e39834dd..a7e14bb483 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_generation_config.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_generation_config.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       # the branch into which the pull request is merged
       base_branch: main
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
         token: ${{ secrets.CLOUD_JAVA_BOT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MissingDefaultSequenceKindException.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MissingDefaultSequenceKindException.java
index f153cf6fe4..80e0ac7efa 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MissingDefaultSequenceKindException.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MissingDefaultSequenceKindException.java
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ public class MissingDefaultSequenceKindException extends SpannerException {
 
   private static final Pattern PATTERN =
       Pattern.compile(
-          "The sequence kind of an identity column .+ is not specified\\. Please specify the"
-              + " sequence kind explicitly or set the database option `default_sequence_kind`\\.");
+          ".*Please specify the sequence kind explicitly or set the database option"
+              + " `default_sequence_kind`\\.");
 
   /** Private constructor. Use {@link SpannerExceptionFactory} to create instances. */
   MissingDefaultSequenceKindException(