diff --git a/app/models/custom_value/string_strategy.rb b/app/models/custom_value/string_strategy.rb
index 40378cf064..9538f098a4 100644
--- a/app/models/custom_value/string_strategy.rb
+++ b/app/models/custom_value/string_strategy.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,5 @@ class CustomValue::StringStrategy < CustomValue::FormatStrategy
     value
   end
 
-  def validate_type_of_value
-  end
+  def validate_type_of_value; end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/journal_manager.rb b/app/models/journal_manager.rb
index a1464d0148..26ba81147c 100644
--- a/app/models/journal_manager.rb
+++ b/app/models/journal_manager.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class JournalManager
 
     def changed_references(merged_references)
       merged_references
-        .select { |_, (old_value, new_value)| old_value.present? && new_value.present? && old_value != new_value }
+        .select { |_, (old_value, new_value)| old_value.present? && new_value.present? && old_value.strip != new_value.strip }
     end
 
     def to_changes_format(references, key)
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ class JournalManager
 
   def self.create_journal(journable, journal_attributes, user = User.current,  notes = '')
     type = base_class(journable.class)
-    extended_journal_attributes = journal_attributes.merge(journable_type: type.to_s)
+    extended_journal_attributes = journal_attributes
+                                  .merge(journable_type: type.to_s)
                                   .merge(notes: notes)
                                   .except(:details)
                                   .except(:id)
@@ -320,9 +321,9 @@ class JournalManager
   end
 
   def self.normalize_newlines(data)
-    data.each_with_object({}) { |e, h|
+    data.each_with_object({}) do |e, h|
       h[e[0]] = (e[1].is_a?(String) ? e[1].gsub(/\r\n/, "\n") : e[1])
-    }
+    end
   end
 
   def self.with_send_notifications(send_notifications, &block)
diff --git a/lib/plugins/acts_as_journalized/lib/journal_changes.rb b/lib/plugins/acts_as_journalized/lib/journal_changes.rb
index 3d13fd94e6..493a2baad7 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/acts_as_journalized/lib/journal_changes.rb
+++ b/lib/plugins/acts_as_journalized/lib/journal_changes.rb
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ module JournalChanges
     @changes = HashWithIndifferentAccess.new
 
     if predecessor.nil?
-      @changes = data.journaled_attributes
+      @changes = data
+                 .journaled_attributes
                  .reject { |_, new_value| new_value.nil? }
-                 .inject({}) { |result, (attribute, new_value)|
+                 .inject({}) do |result, (attribute, new_value)|
                    result[attribute] = [nil, new_value]
                    result
-                 }
+                 end
     else
       normalized_new_data = JournalManager.normalize_newlines(data.journaled_attributes)
       normalized_old_data = JournalManager.normalize_newlines(predecessor.data.journaled_attributes)
diff --git a/spec/models/journal_manager_spec.rb b/spec/models/journal_manager_spec.rb
index 074012a3be..55fe9bc710 100644
--- a/spec/models/journal_manager_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/journal_manager_spec.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe JournalManager, type: :model do
     end
   end
 
-  describe 'self.#update_user_references' do
+  describe '.update_user_references' do
     let!(:work_package) { FactoryBot.create :work_package }
     let!(:doomed_user) { work_package.author }
     let!(:data1) do
@@ -146,4 +146,18 @@ describe JournalManager, type: :model do
       expect(some_other_journal.reload.user.is_a?(DeletedUser)).to be_falsey
     end
   end
+
+  describe '.changes_on_association' do
+    context 'with one of the values having a newline' do
+      let(:current) { { id: 2, value: 'some value', custom_field_id: 123 }.with_indifferent_access }
+      let(:predecessor) { { id: 1, value: "some value\n", custom_field_id: 123 }.with_indifferent_access }
+
+      it 'does not identify a change' do
+        changes = JournalManager.changes_on_association([current], [predecessor], 'custom_fields', :custom_field_id, :value)
+
+        expect(changes)
+          .to be_empty
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end