diff --git a/src/utils/slack/base.js b/src/utils/slack/base.js
index 10992318d..ec672c4de 100644
--- a/src/utils/slack/base.js
+++ b/src/utils/slack/base.js
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ const getThreadTimestamp = (event) => event.thread_ts || event.ts;
  * @param {object} event - The Slack event.
  * @return {string | undefined} - The message without the bot mention.
  */
-const getMessageFromEvent = (event) => event.text?.replace(BOT_MENTION_REGEX, '').trim();
+const getMessageFromEvent = (event) => event.text?.replace(BOT_MENTION_REGEX, '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
 
 /**
  * Wraps the Slack say function to respond in a thread. This is necessary because
diff --git a/test/utils/slack/base.test.js b/test/utils/slack/base.test.js
index 2cda119c2..4319aac2d 100644
--- a/test/utils/slack/base.test.js
+++ b/test/utils/slack/base.test.js
@@ -30,11 +30,38 @@ import {
   loadProfileConfig,
   parseCSV,
   fetchFile,
+  getMessageFromEvent,
 } from '../../../src/utils/slack/base.js';
 
 use(chaiAsPromised);
 
 describe('Base Slack Utils', () => {
+  describe('getMessageFromEvent ignores whitespace', () => {
+    it('should return the message text without leading or trailing whitespace', () => {
+      const event = {
+        text: '   Hello, World!   ',
+      };
+      const result = getMessageFromEvent(event);
+      expect(result).to.equal('Hello, World!');
+    });
+
+    it('should return the message text without added whitespace', () => {
+      const event = {
+        text: 'Hello,World!',
+      };
+      const result = getMessageFromEvent(event);
+      expect(result).to.equal('Hello,World!');
+    });
+
+    it('should return the message text without multiple whitespaces between words', () => {
+      const event = {
+        text: 'Hello,    World!',
+      };
+      const result = getMessageFromEvent(event);
+      expect(result).to.equal('Hello, World!');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('extractBaseURLFromInput', () => {
     it('extractURLFromSlackInput when empty', async () => {
       expect(extractURLFromSlackInput('')).to.be.null;