diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/update/rewrite/QuarkusUpdateCommand.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/update/rewrite/QuarkusUpdateCommand.java
index b7ea74069b464..9c2bea126433f 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/update/rewrite/QuarkusUpdateCommand.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-common/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/project/update/rewrite/QuarkusUpdateCommand.java
@@ -351,13 +351,13 @@ private String clean(String line) {
                 return line;
             }
 
-            String pattern = "[" + name() + "]";
+            String pattern = "[" + name() + "] ";
 
-            if (line.length() < pattern.length()) {
+            if (!line.startsWith(pattern)) {
                 return line;
             }
 
-            return line.substring(pattern.length()).trim();
+            return line.substring(pattern.length());
         }
 
         private boolean matches(String line) {