diff --git a/remediation-kits/access-and-control/1.25-ensure-ssh-maxsessions-is-set-to-10-or-less.sh b/remediation-kits/access-and-control/1.25-ensure-ssh-maxsessions-is-set-to-10-or-less.sh
index 6f253c940f683f29190f596f28600fde3d7510e8..9bcb24d33ab1e44bf474b3acb08c3c95c0dde92e 100644
--- a/remediation-kits/access-and-control/1.25-ensure-ssh-maxsessions-is-set-to-10-or-less.sh
+++ b/remediation-kits/access-and-control/1.25-ensure-ssh-maxsessions-is-set-to-10-or-less.sh
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-echo "MaxSessions 10" >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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+grep -Psq "^(\s*)MaxSessions\s+[1-9][0]{0,1}$" /etc/ssh/sshd_config || sed -ri 's/^(\s*)MaxSessions\s+[1-9][0-9]{0,}$/MaxSessions 10/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+grep -Psq "^(\s*)MaxSessions\s+\S+(\s*#.*)?\s*$" /etc/ssh/sshd_config || echo "MaxSessions 10" >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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