diff --git a/applications/argocd/petclinic/helm/Jenkinsfile.ftl b/applications/argocd/petclinic/helm/Jenkinsfile.ftl
index 7636950cf..61ea5f069 100644
--- a/applications/argocd/petclinic/helm/Jenkinsfile.ftl
+++ b/applications/argocd/petclinic/helm/Jenkinsfile.ftl
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ node {
 
         stage('Test') {
             // Disable database integration tests because they start docker images (which won't work in air-gapped envs and take a lot of time in demos)
-            mvn "test -Dmaven.test.failure.ignore=true -Dcheckstyle.skip" +
+            mvn "test -Dmaven.test.failure.ignore=true -Dcheckstyle.skip " +
             '-Dtest=!org.springframework.samples.petclinic.MySqlIntegrationTests,!org.springframework.samples.petclinic.PostgresIntegrationTests'
         }
 
diff --git a/applications/argocd/petclinic/plain-k8s/Jenkinsfile.ftl b/applications/argocd/petclinic/plain-k8s/Jenkinsfile.ftl
index 7558ee98a..23f616df9 100644
--- a/applications/argocd/petclinic/plain-k8s/Jenkinsfile.ftl
+++ b/applications/argocd/petclinic/plain-k8s/Jenkinsfile.ftl
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ node {
 
         stage('Test') {
             // Disable database integration tests because they start docker images (which won't work in air-gapped envs and take a lot of time in demos)
-            mvn 'test -Dmaven.test.failure.ignore=true -Dcheckstyle.skip'
+            mvn 'test -Dmaven.test.failure.ignore=true -Dcheckstyle.skip ' +
             '-Dtest=!org.springframework.samples.petclinic.MySqlIntegrationTests,!org.springframework.samples.petclinic.PostgresIntegrationTests'
         }