diff --git a/core/src/test/java/dev/morphia/test/TemplatedTestBase.java b/core/src/test/java/dev/morphia/test/TemplatedTestBase.java
index bd2c3d007f2..29afc5c3db9 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/dev/morphia/test/TemplatedTestBase.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/dev/morphia/test/TemplatedTestBase.java
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ protected String loadResource(String pipelineName) {
         var resource = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream))
                 .lines()
                 .collect(joining("\n"));
-        return resource;
+        return resource.trim();
     }
 
     private List<Document> extractDocuments(String resource) {