diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check
index 300732587..fc855e9f7 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ if [[ $EXCLUDE_FALSE_POSITIVE_ERRORS == 'Y' ]]; then
     EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|app_layer.error"              # false positive (suricata 7) in stats.log e.g. app_layer.error.imap.parser | Total | 0
     EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|is not an ip string literal"  # false positive (Open Canary logging out blank IP addresses)
     EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|syncing rule"                 # false positive (rule sync log line includes rule name which can contain 'error') 
+    EXCLUDED_ERRORS="$EXCLUDED_ERRORS|request_unauthorized"         # false positive (login failures to Hydra result in an 'error' log) 
 fi
 
 if [[ $EXCLUDE_KNOWN_ERRORS == 'Y' ]]; then