diff --git a/lib/hide-sensitive.js b/lib/hide-sensitive.js
index 3a1158f8e2..03e28a07e0 100644
--- a/lib/hide-sensitive.js
+++ b/lib/hide-sensitive.js
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@ const {SECRET_REPLACEMENT, SECRET_MIN_SIZE} = require('./definitions/constants')
 
 module.exports = (env) => {
   const toReplace = Object.keys(env).filter(
-    (envVar) =>
-      /token|password|credential|secret|(?<!^go)private/i.test(envVar) && size(env[envVar].trim()) >= SECRET_MIN_SIZE
+    (envVar) => {
+      // https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/issues/1558
+      if (envVar === 'GOPRIVATE') {
+        return false
+      }
+      
+      return /token|password|credential|secret|private/i.test(envVar) && size(env[envVar].trim()) >= SECRET_MIN_SIZE
+    }
   );
 
   const regexp = new RegExp(toReplace.map((envVar) => escapeRegExp(env[envVar])).join('|'), 'g');