diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
index 0d39d12c5e..a62dcfe073 100755
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/run_kubernetes_tests.sh
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ info "Running tests with bats version: $(bats --version)"
 tests_fail=()
 for K8S_TEST_ENTRY in "${K8S_TEST_UNION[@]}"
 do
+	K8S_TEST_ENTRY=$(echo "$K8S_TEST_ENTRY" | tr -d '[:space:][:cntrl:]')
 	info "$(kubectl get pods --all-namespaces 2>&1)"
 	info "Executing ${K8S_TEST_ENTRY}"
 	if ! bats --show-output-of-passing-tests "${K8S_TEST_ENTRY}"; then