diff --git a/sormas-backend/src/main/resources/sql/sormas_schema.sql b/sormas-backend/src/main/resources/sql/sormas_schema.sql
index 02d53bd8d33..57f222938b2 100644
--- a/sormas-backend/src/main/resources/sql/sormas_schema.sql
+++ b/sormas-backend/src/main/resources/sql/sormas_schema.sql
@@ -13714,13 +13714,13 @@ INSERT INTO schema_version (version_number, comment) VALUES (554, 'Add New Influ
 
 -- 2024-12-12 RSV disease variants #13204
 INSERT INTO customizableenumvalue(id, uuid, changedate, creationdate, datatype, value, caption, diseases)
-VALUES (nextval('entity_seq'), generate_base32_uuid(), now(), now(), 'DISEASE_VARIANT', ' A', 'Type A',
+VALUES (nextval('entity_seq'), generate_base32_uuid(), now(), now(), 'DISEASE_VARIANT', 'A', 'Type A',
         'RESPIRATORY_SYNCYTIAL_VIRUS');
 INSERT INTO customizableenumvalue(id, uuid, changedate, creationdate, datatype, value, caption, diseases)
-VALUES (nextval('entity_seq'), generate_base32_uuid(), now(), now(), 'DISEASE_VARIANT', ' B', 'Type B',
+VALUES (nextval('entity_seq'), generate_base32_uuid(), now(), now(), 'DISEASE_VARIANT', 'B', 'Type B',
         'RESPIRATORY_SYNCYTIAL_VIRUS');
 INSERT INTO customizableenumvalue(id, uuid, changedate, creationdate, datatype, value, caption, diseases)
-VALUES (nextval('entity_seq'), generate_base32_uuid(), now(), now(), 'DISEASE_VARIANT', ' AB', 'Type A+B',
+VALUES (nextval('entity_seq'), generate_base32_uuid(), now(), now(), 'DISEASE_VARIANT', 'AB', 'Type A+B',
         'RESPIRATORY_SYNCYTIAL_VIRUS');
 
 INSERT INTO schema_version (version_number, comment) VALUES (555, 'RSV disease variants #13204');