diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/body/updates-table.ts b/lib/workers/pr/body/updates-table.ts
index e5bb000e7d42a1..6fe9e8208acb48 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/body/updates-table.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/body/updates-table.ts
@@ -61,10 +61,11 @@ export function getPrUpdatesTable(config: BranchConfig): string {
   for (const row of tableValues) {
     let val = '|';
     for (const column of tableColumns) {
-      const content = row[column]
+      val += ' ';
+      val += row[column]
         ? row[column].replace(/^@/, '@​').replace(/\|/g, '\\|')
         : '';
-      val += ` ${content} |`;
+      val += ' |';
     }
     val += '\n';
     rows.push(val);