diff --git a/source/imaer-gml/src/test/java/nl/overheid/aerius/gml/AssertGML.java b/source/imaer-gml/src/test/java/nl/overheid/aerius/gml/AssertGML.java
index be9878a6..004dc16a 100644
--- a/source/imaer-gml/src/test/java/nl/overheid/aerius/gml/AssertGML.java
+++ b/source/imaer-gml/src/test/java/nl/overheid/aerius/gml/AssertGML.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -320,6 +319,6 @@ private static void validateGeometryForShipping(final Geometry geometry) throws
   }
 
   private static String replaceNewLines(final String string) {
-    return USE_ORIGINAL_GML ? string : string.replaceAll("[\n\r]", "");
+    return USE_ORIGINAL_GML ? string : string.replaceAll("[\n\r]", "").replaceAll(">\s+<", "><");
   }
 }
diff --git a/source/pom.xml b/source/pom.xml
index 8b980542..fc45d95a 100644
--- a/source/pom.xml
+++ b/source/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>nl.aerius</groupId>
     <artifactId>aerius-root-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0</version>
+    <version>1.4.0</version>
     <relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
   </parent>