diff --git a/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/SnapshotArtifactMetadata.java b/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/SnapshotArtifactMetadata.java
index 02552356ab..d038ebe97b 100644
--- a/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/SnapshotArtifactMetadata.java
+++ b/maven-artifact-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/artifact/metadata/SnapshotArtifactMetadata.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class SnapshotArtifactMetadata
 
     protected void setContent( String content )
     {
-        Matcher matcher = Artifact.VERSION_FILE_PATTERN.matcher( content );
+        Matcher matcher = Artifact.VERSION_FILE_PATTERN.matcher( content.trim() );
         if ( matcher.matches() )
         {
             timestamp = matcher.group( 2 );