diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/mocks/scenarios/submission-failure/1-submitVariantAnalysis.json b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/mocks/scenarios/submission-failure/1-submitVariantAnalysis.json
index df2263169..8646cfd35 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/mocks/scenarios/submission-failure/1-submitVariantAnalysis.json
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/mocks/scenarios/submission-failure/1-submitVariantAnalysis.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "response": {
     "status": 422,
     "body": {
-      "message": "No repositories could be queried."
+      "message": "Unable to trigger a variant analysis. None of the requested repositories could be found."
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/cli-integration/remote-queries/variant-analysis-submission-integration.test.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/cli-integration/remote-queries/variant-analysis-submission-integration.test.ts
index 0f40d3da7..12e9f4b19 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/cli-integration/remote-queries/variant-analysis-submission-integration.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/vscode-tests/cli-integration/remote-queries/variant-analysis-submission-integration.test.ts
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ describe("Variant Analysis Submission Integration", () => {
       await commands.executeCommand("codeQL.runVariantAnalysis");
 
       expect(showErrorMessageSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        expect.stringContaining("No repositories could be queried."),
+        expect.stringContaining(
+          "Unable to trigger a variant analysis. None of the requested repositories could be found.",
+        ),
         expect.any(String),
       );
     });