diff --git a/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/detect/tool/detector/DetectorTool.java b/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/detect/tool/detector/DetectorTool.java
index 3655dff7a0..00c48fa61b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/detect/tool/detector/DetectorTool.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/detect/tool/detector/DetectorTool.java
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ private Map<DetectorType, StatusType> extractStatus(final List<DetectorEvaluatio
         return statusMap;
     }
 
-    private Optional<DetectorType> preferredDetectorTypeFromString(final String detectorType) {
+    private Optional<DetectorType> preferredDetectorTypeFromString(final String detectorTypeRaw) {
+        final String detectorType = detectorTypeRaw.trim().toUpperCase();
         if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(detectorType)) {
             if (DetectorType.POSSIBLE_NAMES.contains(detectorType)) {
                 return Optional.of(DetectorType.valueOf(detectorType));