diff --git a/check_packages2install-pkgmanager/yum.sh b/check_packages2install-pkgmanager/yum.sh
index 4ce9e8d72e616e0437f2ed8e8145e5ced5d82a04..8121c60df07b72f00b72905d5d21c4fd3eb2a0f5 100644
--- a/check_packages2install-pkgmanager/yum.sh
+++ b/check_packages2install-pkgmanager/yum.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # 2022-06-03  v1.0  ah  first version
 # 2022-06-07  v1.1  ah  add sudo for yum --bugfix check-update
 #                       rename functions
+# 2022-08-31  v1.2  ah  status line depends on os major version
 # ===============================================================
 
 
@@ -38,8 +39,16 @@ function yum.getPackageList(){
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------
 # get custom status
 function yum.getStatusLine(){
-  if ! sudo /usr/bin/yum --bugfix check-update 2>&1 | grep security; then
-    echo "No security updates needed and no updates available"
+  typeset -i local _osversion
+  _osversion=$(grep -o "\ [0-9]*\." /etc/redhat-release | cut -f 1 -d '.')
+  if [ $_osversion -ge 8 ]; then
+    if ! sudo /usr/bin/yum --security check-update | grep "available"; then
+      echo "No security updates needed and no updates available"
+    fi
+  else
+    if ! sudo /usr/bin/yum --bugfix check-update 2>&1 | grep security; then
+      echo "No security updates needed and no updates available"
+    fi
   fi
 }