diff --git a/src/ci/citool/src/main.rs b/src/ci/citool/src/main.rs
index e3eba6b9afc5..f0d075d8562b 100644
--- a/src/ci/citool/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/ci/citool/src/main.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ impl GitHubContext {
         if let Some(ref msg) = self.commit_message {
             msg.lines()
                 .filter_map(|line| line.trim().strip_prefix("try-job: "))
-                .map(|l| l.to_string())
+                .map(|l| l.trim().to_string())
                 .collect()
         } else {
             vec![]