diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 8cfe4f9..44f099a 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ function writeFeedToFile(feedUrl, existingFileLocation, tempFileLocation) {
         suppressEmptyNode: true
     };
     const builder = new fast_xml_parser_1.XMLBuilder(xmlBuilderOptions);
-    const output = builder.build(xmlSource);
+    const output = builder.build(xmlSource).trim();
     core.debug(output);
     fs.writeFileSync(tempFileLocation, output);
 }
diff --git a/src/authutil.ts b/src/authutil.ts
index 53e14ad..cb40453 100644
--- a/src/authutil.ts
+++ b/src/authutil.ts
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ function writeFeedToFile(
 
   const builder = new XMLBuilder(xmlBuilderOptions);
 
-  const output = builder.build(xmlSource);
+  const output = builder.build(xmlSource).trim();
 
   core.debug(output);