diff --git a/features/authentication.feature b/features/authentication.feature
index 2675530b9835fd9ac9fce3e53757aac50fec6882..77dbc07d03b46e465202c948a15f70f467abd212 100644
--- a/features/authentication.feature
+++ b/features/authentication.feature
@@ -504,9 +504,9 @@ Feature: OAuth authentication
   Scenario: Config file is not writeable, should exit before asking for credentials
       Given $HUB_CONFIG is "/InvalidConfigFile"
       When I run `hub create` interactively
-      Then the output should contain exactly:
+      Then the output should contain:
         """
-        open /InvalidConfigFile: permission denied\n
+        open /InvalidConfigFile:
         """
       And the exit status should be 1
       And the file "../home/.config/hub" should not exist
diff --git a/github/config.go b/github/config.go
index 4177ce65bff3dde0c55f8b0b94345f4502b14845..6fbf7dc47d7db43111443a6c33b486fb21da07e1 100644
--- a/github/config.go
+++ b/github/config.go
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ type Host struct {
 
 type Config struct {
 	Hosts []*Host `toml:"hosts"`
+
+	stdinScanner *bufio.Scanner
 }
 
 func (c *Config) PromptForHost(host string) (h *Host, err error) {
@@ -181,8 +183,11 @@ func (c *Config) PromptForOTP() string {
 }
 
 func (c *Config) scanLine() string {
+	if c.stdinScanner == nil {
+		c.stdinScanner = bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
+	}
 	var line string
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
+	scanner := c.stdinScanner
 	if scanner.Scan() {
 		line = scanner.Text()
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fa9a48a459ee70a1b5d1f555249dbb9014bc8f97..9ebf79e9cec09107d52f4b3d537b4864c8be6119 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/shurcooL/sanitized_anchor_name v0.0.0-20170918181015-86672fcb3f95 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20191002035440-2ec189313ef0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190531175056-4c3a928424d2 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220319134239-a9b59b0215f8 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.0.0-20190319135612-7b8349ac747c
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e70f2300358e473535dbf4b3b31c4b9adc4538d2..69beb0ab0a52b3bf4edcd13a8138632a2afe738f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACk
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20191002035440-2ec189313ef0 h1:2mqDk8w/o6UmeUCu5Qiq2y7iMf6anbx+YA8d1JFoFrs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20191002035440-2ec189313ef0/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190531175056-4c3a928424d2 h1:T5DasATyLQfmbTpfEXx/IOL9vfjzW6up+ZDkmHvIf2s=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190531175056-4c3a928424d2/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220319134239-a9b59b0215f8 h1:OH54vjqzRWmbJ62fjuhxy7AxFFgoHN0/DPc/UrL8cAs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220319134239-a9b59b0215f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0 h1:g61tztE5qeGQ89tm6NTjjM9VPIm088od1l6aSorWRWg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=