diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/bom/bomr/MoveToSnapshots.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/bom/bomr/MoveToSnapshots.java
index dde8daabc0dd..f04759873111 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/bom/bomr/MoveToSnapshots.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/bom/bomr/MoveToSnapshots.java
@@ -87,11 +87,13 @@ protected String issueBody(Upgrade upgrade, Issue existingUpgrade) {
 		if (releaseNotesLink != null) {
 			lines.add("Upgrade to [%s](%s).".formatted(description, releaseNotesLink));
 		}
-		lines.add("Upgrade to %s.".formatted(description));
+		else {
+			lines.add("Upgrade to %s.".formatted(description));
+		}
 		if (existingUpgrade != null) {
 			lines.add("Supersedes #" + existingUpgrade.getNumber());
 		}
-		return String.join("\\r\\n\\r\\n", lines);
+		return String.join("\n\n", lines);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/bom/bomr/UpgradeBom.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/bom/bomr/UpgradeBom.java
index 31db1352684a..b78628629d63 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/bom/bomr/UpgradeBom.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/bom/bomr/UpgradeBom.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ protected String issueBody(Upgrade upgrade, Issue existingUpgrade) {
 		if (existingUpgrade != null) {
 			lines.add("Supersedes #" + existingUpgrade.getNumber());
 		}
-		return String.join("\\r\\n\\r\\n", lines);
+		return String.join("\n\n", lines);
 	}
 
 }