diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/main/resources/application.properties b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/main/resources/application.properties
index a6733dc397..875253c79e 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-enterprise/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:mem:baeldung
 spring.jpa.show-sql=false
 
 #hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
-spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto= create
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create
 spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.id.new_generator_mappings=false
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