diff --git a/db/migrate/20230925104848_strip_whitespace_from_batch_invitation_user_name.rb b/db/migrate/20230925104848_strip_whitespace_from_batch_invitation_user_name.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb2a698042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20230925104848_strip_whitespace_from_batch_invitation_user_name.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class StripWhitespaceFromBatchInvitationUserName < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    BatchInvitationUser.where("name REGEXP ? OR name REGEXP ?", "^\\s+", "\\s+$").each do |u|
+      u.update_attribute(:name, u.name&.strip) # rubocop:disable Rails/SkipsModelValidations
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 6698c20fc2..f67b8819f3 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_09_25_104847) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_09_25_104848) do
   create_table "batch_invitation_application_permissions", id: :integer, charset: "utf8mb3", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.integer "batch_invitation_id", null: false
     t.integer "supported_permission_id", null: false