diff --git a/src/Phing/Task/Ext/Git/GitDescribeTask.php b/src/Phing/Task/Ext/Git/GitDescribeTask.php
index a075280ff..22fa0685b 100644
--- a/src/Phing/Task/Ext/Git/GitDescribeTask.php
+++ b/src/Phing/Task/Ext/Git/GitDescribeTask.php
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public function main()
         }
 
         if (null !== $this->outputProperty) {
-            $this->project->setProperty($this->outputProperty, $output);
+            $this->project->setProperty($this->outputProperty, trim($output));
         }
 
         $this->log(
diff --git a/src/Phing/Task/Ext/Git/GitTagTask.php b/src/Phing/Task/Ext/Git/GitTagTask.php
index b4c4ed026..40b378ffa 100644
--- a/src/Phing/Task/Ext/Git/GitTagTask.php
+++ b/src/Phing/Task/Ext/Git/GitTagTask.php
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public function main()
         }
 
         if (null !== $this->outputProperty) {
-            $this->project->setProperty($this->outputProperty, $output);
+            $this->project->setProperty($this->outputProperty, trim($output));
         }
 
         $this->log(
diff --git a/tests/Phing/Test/Task/Ext/Git/GitTagTaskTest.php b/tests/Phing/Test/Task/Ext/Git/GitTagTaskTest.php
index eb253c69b..c65d19b3f 100644
--- a/tests/Phing/Test/Task/Ext/Git/GitTagTaskTest.php
+++ b/tests/Phing/Test/Task/Ext/Git/GitTagTaskTest.php
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public function testTagOutputPropertySet(): void
         $this->assertInLogs('git-tag command: LC_ALL=C && git tag \'marked\'');
         $this->assertInLogs('git-tag command: LC_ALL=C && git tag -l \'marked\'');
         $this->assertInLogs('git-tag output: marked');
-        $this->assertPropertyEquals('gitLogOutput', 'marked' . "\n");
+        $this->assertPropertyEquals('gitLogOutput', 'marked');
     }
 
     public function testTagWithCommitSet(): void