diff --git a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/session/KyuubiSessionImpl.scala b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/session/KyuubiSessionImpl.scala
index 8d5132ba4b1..f72fcadd0fc 100644
--- a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/session/KyuubiSessionImpl.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/session/KyuubiSessionImpl.scala
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class KyuubiSessionImpl(
           } catch {
             case e: org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransportException
                 if attempt < maxAttempts && e.getCause.isInstanceOf[java.net.ConnectException] &&
-                  e.getCause.getMessage.contains("Connection refused (Connection refused)") =>
+                  e.getCause.getMessage.contains("Connection refused") =>
               warn(
                 s"Failed to open [${engine.defaultEngineName} $host:$port] after" +
                   s" $attempt/$maxAttempts times, retrying",