diff --git a/lib/attribute_normalizer/normalizers/squish_normalizer.rb b/lib/attribute_normalizer/normalizers/squish_normalizer.rb
index 8cafbc0..e247d4a 100644
--- a/lib/attribute_normalizer/normalizers/squish_normalizer.rb
+++ b/lib/attribute_normalizer/normalizers/squish_normalizer.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module AttributeNormalizer
   module Normalizers
     module SquishNormalizer
       def self.normalize(value, options = {})
-        value.is_a?(String) ? value.strip.gsub(/\s+/, ' ') : value
+        value.is_a?(String) ? value.strip.squeeze(' ') : value
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/author_spec.rb b/spec/author_spec.rb
index d06b6f7..41eb496 100644
--- a/spec/author_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/author_spec.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     it { should normalize_attribute(:first_name).from('    ').to('') }
 
     # :squish normalizer
-    it { should normalize_attribute(:nickname).from(' this    nickname  ').to('this nickname') }
+    it { should normalize_attribute(:nickname).from(' hello    world  ').to('hello world') }
 
     # :blank normalizer
     it { should normalize_attribute(:last_name).from('').to(nil) }