diff --git a/objectsenvelopes/hostsensor/hostsensordataenvelope.go b/objectsenvelopes/hostsensor/hostsensordataenvelope.go
index 782ed497..5b438555 100644
--- a/objectsenvelopes/hostsensor/hostsensordataenvelope.go
+++ b/objectsenvelopes/hostsensor/hostsensordataenvelope.go
@@ -143,9 +143,14 @@ func IsTypeTypeHostSensor(object map[string]interface{}) bool {
 	}
 
 	if apiVersion, ok := object["apiVersion"]; ok {
-		if group := strings.Split(apiVersion.(string), "/"); group[0] == GroupHostSensor {
+		apiVersionStr, ok := apiVersion.(string)
+		if !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+		if group := strings.Split(apiVersionStr, "/"); group[0] == GroupHostSensor {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
diff --git a/objectsenvelopes/hostsensor/hostsensordataenvelope_test.go b/objectsenvelopes/hostsensor/hostsensordataenvelope_test.go
index 02b71f11..00086f68 100644
--- a/objectsenvelopes/hostsensor/hostsensordataenvelope_test.go
+++ b/objectsenvelopes/hostsensor/hostsensordataenvelope_test.go
@@ -1 +1,51 @@
 package hostsensor
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestIsTypeTypeHostSensor(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		object map[string]interface{}
+		want   bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "valid apiVersion",
+			object: map[string]interface{}{
+				"apiVersion": "hostdata.kubescape.cloud/v1",
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "apiVersion does not match GroupHostSensor",
+			object: map[string]interface{}{
+				"apiVersion": "someOtherGroup/v1",
+			},
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "apiVersion is an integer",
+			object: map[string]interface{}{
+				"apiVersion": 12345,
+			},
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "missing apiVersion",
+			object: map[string]interface{}{
+				"someOtherKey": "someValue",
+			},
+			want: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := IsTypeTypeHostSensor(tt.object); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("%q: IsTypeTypeHostSensor() = %v, want %v", tt.name, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+