diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ort-base-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ort-base-conventions.gradle.kts
index f0ce0321a98b9..0ea462aa9722a 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ort-base-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/ort-base-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ configurations.all {
         dependencySubstitution {
             substitute(module("org.lz4:lz4-java"))
                 .using(module("at.yawk.lz4:lz4-java:1.11.0"))
-                .because("lz4-java is unmaintained and vulnerable to CVE‐2025‐12183")
+                .because("lz4-java is unmaintained and vulnerable to CVE-2025-12183")
         }
 
         dependencySubstitution {