diff --git a/internal/git_clone_test.go b/internal/git_clone_test.go
index b280ebc7..3fb69b92 100644
--- a/internal/git_clone_test.go
+++ b/internal/git_clone_test.go
@@ -53,11 +53,12 @@ func TestAccGitCloneWithOnlyRepoNameOnAlternateBranch(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, string(b), "dais-2022")
 }
 
-func TestAccGitCloneRepositoryDoesNotExist(t *testing.T) {
+func TestAccGitCloneErrorsWhenRepositoryDoesNotExist(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Log(GetEnvOrSkipTest(t, "CLOUD_ENV"))
 
 	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
 
-	err := git.Clone(context.Background(), "doesnot-exist", "", tmpDir)
-	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), `repository 'https://github.com/databricks/doesnot-exist/' not found`)
+	err := git.Clone(context.Background(), "https://github.com/monalisa/doesnot-exist.git", "", tmpDir)
+	// Expect the error to originate from shelling out to `git clone`
+	assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "git clone failed:")
 }
diff --git a/libs/git/clone.go b/libs/git/clone.go
index ec663272..8b075cde 100644
--- a/libs/git/clone.go
+++ b/libs/git/clone.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func Clone(ctx context.Context, url, reference, targetPath string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("please install git CLI to clone a repository: %w", err)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("git clone failed: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// wait for git clone to complete