diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/pool/validation/DefaultDirContextValidator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/pool/validation/DefaultDirContextValidator.java
index bdb4b95f..c45ef46a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/pool/validation/DefaultDirContextValidator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/pool/validation/DefaultDirContextValidator.java
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public class DefaultDirContextValidator implements DirContextValidator {
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
             this.logger.debug("DirContext '{}' failed validation with an exception.", dirContext, e);
-			return false;
+            return false;
         }
 
         this.logger.debug("DirContext '{}' failed validation.", dirContext);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/pool2/validation/DefaultDirContextValidator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/pool2/validation/DefaultDirContextValidator.java
index 7845672f..292de24c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/pool2/validation/DefaultDirContextValidator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/pool2/validation/DefaultDirContextValidator.java
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public class DefaultDirContextValidator implements DirContextValidator {
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
             this.logger.debug("DirContext '{}' failed validation with an exception.", dirContext, e);
-			return false;
+            return false;
         }
 
         this.logger.debug("DirContext '{}' failed validation.", dirContext);