diff --git a/app/services/auth/container_registry_authentication_service.rb b/app/services/auth/container_registry_authentication_service.rb
index 169e0387e852d9efbfdd281d218cf0d1b9262268..3144e96ba31f74c67dbd2331f01baa36b4b30b53 100644
--- a/app/services/auth/container_registry_authentication_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/auth/container_registry_authentication_service.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Auth
       return error('not found', 404) unless registry.enabled
 
       if params[:offline_token]
-        return error('forbidden', 401) unless current_user
+        return error('unauthorized', 401) unless current_user
       else
         return error('forbidden', 403) unless scope
       end