diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets.csproj
index 0b6fdc261..cba805ef9 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets.csproj
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <Description>Tasks and targets for running the SBOM tool.</Description>
     <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <SbomCLIToolTargetFramework>net8.0</SbomCLIToolTargetFramework>
+    <DevelopmentDependency>true</DevelopmentDependency>
 
     <!-- This target will run when MSBuild is collecting the files to be packaged, and we'll implement it below. This property controls the dependency list for this packaging process, so by adding our custom property we hook ourselves into the process in a supported way. -->
     <TargetsForTfmSpecificBuildOutput>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets/SbomInputValidator.cs b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets/SbomInputValidator.cs
index 747595eed..b03f6e240 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets/SbomInputValidator.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets/SbomInputValidator.cs
@@ -41,18 +41,18 @@ public bool ValidateAndSanitizeRequiredParams()
             }
         }
 
-        this.PackageSupplier = Remove_Spaces_Tabs_Newlines(this.PackageSupplier);
-        this.PackageName = Remove_Spaces_Tabs_Newlines(this.PackageName);
-        this.PackageVersion = Remove_Spaces_Tabs_Newlines(this.PackageVersion);
+        this.PackageSupplier = Remove_Tabs_Newlines(this.PackageSupplier);
+        this.PackageName = Remove_Tabs_Newlines(this.PackageName);
+        this.PackageVersion = Remove_Tabs_Newlines(this.PackageVersion);
         this.NamespaceBaseUri = this.NamespaceBaseUri.Trim();
         this.BuildDropPath = this.BuildDropPath.Trim();
 
         return true;
     }
 
-    public string Remove_Spaces_Tabs_Newlines(string value)
+    public string Remove_Tabs_Newlines(string value)
     {
-        return value.Replace("\n", string.Empty).Replace("\t", string.Empty).Replace(" ", string.Empty);
+        return value.Replace("\n", string.Empty).Replace("\t", string.Empty).Trim();
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets.Tests/AbstractGenerateSbomTaskTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets.Tests/AbstractGenerateSbomTaskTests.cs
index 97e57b40a..aa0595964 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets.Tests/AbstractGenerateSbomTaskTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Sbom.Targets.Tests/AbstractGenerateSbomTaskTests.cs
@@ -171,24 +171,21 @@ private static IEnumerable<object[]> GetPackageSupplierCases()
     {
         yield return new object[] { "Test-\nMicrosoft", PackageName, PackageVersion };
         yield return new object[] { "Test\t-Microsoft", PackageName, PackageVersion };
-        yield return new object[] { "Test  -     Microsoft   ", PackageName, PackageVersion };
-        yield return new object[] { "Test - Mic\tro\nsoft", PackageName, PackageVersion };
+        yield return new object[] { "Test-Mic\tro\nsoft", PackageName, PackageVersion };
     }
 
     private static IEnumerable<object[]> GetPackageNameCases()
     {
         yield return new object[] { PackageSupplier, "CoseSign\nTool", PackageVersion };
         yield return new object[] { PackageSupplier, "Cose\tSign\tTool", PackageVersion };
-        yield return new object[] { PackageSupplier, "Cose     Sign   Tool   ", PackageVersion };
-        yield return new object[] { PackageSupplier, "Cose    S\ti\ngn   \n Too\tl", PackageVersion };
+        yield return new object[] { PackageSupplier, "CoseS\ti\ngn\nToo\tl", PackageVersion };
     }
 
     private static IEnumerable<object[]> GetPackageVersionCases()
     {
         yield return new object[] { PackageSupplier, PackageName, "0.0\n.1" };
         yield return new object[] { PackageSupplier, PackageName, "0.0\t.1" };
-        yield return new object[] { PackageSupplier, PackageName, "0.     0.    1" };
-        yield return new object[] { PackageSupplier, PackageName, "0 .   \t 0 \n .1" };
+        yield return new object[] { PackageSupplier, PackageName, "0.\t0\n.1" };
     }
 
     [TestMethod]