diff --git a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/TaintTrackingUtil.qll b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/TaintTrackingUtil.qll
index bf86a587f33..bc7b4355862 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/TaintTrackingUtil.qll
+++ b/java/ql/src/semmle/code/java/dataflow/internal/TaintTrackingUtil.qll
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ private predicate taintPreservingArgumentToMethod(Method method, int arg) {
   method instanceof JacksonWriteValueMethod and
   method.getNumberOfParameters() = 1 and
   arg = 0
-  or 
+  or
   method.getDeclaringType().hasQualifiedName("java.io", "StringWriter") and
   method.hasName("append") and
   arg = 0