diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 78a4d1d..ff76b95 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Credits
 * `Édouard Lopez`_.
 * `Guillaume Vincent`_.
 * `Evgeny Fadeev`_.
+* `Mehdi Benadda`_.
 
 References
 ----------
@@ -125,6 +126,6 @@ References
 .. _Édouard Lopez: https://github.com/edouard-lopez
 .. _Guillaume Vincent: https://github.com/guillaumevincent
 .. _Evgeny Fadeev: https://github.com/evgenyfadeev
+.. _Mehdi Benadda: https://github.com/mbenadda
 .. _API Documentation: https://djangocas.dev/docs/latest/modules/python_cas.html
 .. _Sample integration with Flask: https://djangocas.dev/blog/python-cas-flask-example/
-
diff --git a/cas.py b/cas.py
index 0f96d1f..93e5b1c 100644
--- a/cas.py
+++ b/cas.py
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def verify_ticket(self, ticket, **kwargs):
             tree = ElementTree.fromstring(response)
             # Find the authentication status
             success = tree.find('.//' + SAML_1_0_PROTOCOL_NS + 'StatusCode')
-            if success is not None and success.attrib['Value'].endswith(':Success'):
+            if success is not None and success.attrib['Value'].endswith('Success'):
                 # User is validated
                 name_identifier = tree.find('.//' + SAML_1_0_ASSERTION_NS + 'NameIdentifier')
                 if name_identifier is not None: