diff --git a/joern-cli/frontends/csharpsrc2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/csharpsrc2cpg/passes/DependencyPass.scala b/joern-cli/frontends/csharpsrc2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/csharpsrc2cpg/passes/DependencyPass.scala
index 7614d4b58cac..db4d3a576947 100644
--- a/joern-cli/frontends/csharpsrc2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/csharpsrc2cpg/passes/DependencyPass.scala
+++ b/joern-cli/frontends/csharpsrc2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/csharpsrc2cpg/passes/DependencyPass.scala
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ class DependencyPass(cpg: Cpg, buildFiles: List[String], registerPackageId: Stri
                 }
                 val packageVersion = packageReference.attribute("Version").map(_.toString()).getOrElse("")
                 val dependencyNode = NewDependency()
-                  .name(packageName)
-                  .version(packageVersion)
+                  .name(packageName.trim())
+                  .version(packageVersion.trim())
                 builder.addNode(dependencyNode)
               } match {
                 case Failure(exception) =>
diff --git a/joern-cli/frontends/csharpsrc2cpg/src/test/scala/io/joern/csharpsrc2cpg/passes/DependencyTests.scala b/joern-cli/frontends/csharpsrc2cpg/src/test/scala/io/joern/csharpsrc2cpg/passes/DependencyTests.scala
index ef6000181e0a..6df89d16167c 100644
--- a/joern-cli/frontends/csharpsrc2cpg/src/test/scala/io/joern/csharpsrc2cpg/passes/DependencyTests.scala
+++ b/joern-cli/frontends/csharpsrc2cpg/src/test/scala/io/joern/csharpsrc2cpg/passes/DependencyTests.scala
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class DependencyTests extends CSharpCode2CpgFixture {
         .withConfig(config)
 
       inside(cpg.dependency.l) { case dep :: Nil =>
-        dep.name shouldBe " System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs"
+        dep.name shouldBe "System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs"
         dep.version shouldBe "6.0.4"
       }
     }
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class DependencyTests extends CSharpCode2CpgFixture {
         .withConfig(config)
 
       inside(cpg.dependency.l) { case dep :: dep2 :: Nil =>
-        dep.name shouldBe " System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs"
+        dep.name shouldBe "System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs"
         dep.version shouldBe "6 .0.4"
       }
     }