diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/patch-49.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/patch-49.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c8af1e5c48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/patch-49.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Remove leading / trailing spaces from heading when generating header ids
+merge_request: 27025
+author: Willian Balmant
+type: fixed
diff --git a/lib/banzai/filter/table_of_contents_filter.rb b/lib/banzai/filter/table_of_contents_filter.rb
index 1a68d773048..ade4d260be1 100644
--- a/lib/banzai/filter/table_of_contents_filter.rb
+++ b/lib/banzai/filter/table_of_contents_filter.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ module Banzai
           if header_content = node.children.first
             id = node
               .text
+              .strip
               .downcase
               .gsub(PUNCTUATION_REGEXP, '') # remove punctuation
               .tr(' ', '-') # replace spaces with dash
diff --git a/spec/lib/banzai/filter/table_of_contents_filter_spec.rb b/spec/lib/banzai/filter/table_of_contents_filter_spec.rb
index 7213cd58ea7..4a9880ac85a 100644
--- a/spec/lib/banzai/filter/table_of_contents_filter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/banzai/filter/table_of_contents_filter_spec.rb
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ describe Banzai::Filter::TableOfContentsFilter do
         expect(doc.css('h1 a').first.attr('href')).to eq '#this-header-is-filled-with-punctuation'
       end
 
+      it 'removes any leading or trailing spaces' do
+        doc = filter(header(1, " \r\n\tTitle with spaces\r\n\t "))
+        expect(doc.css('h1 a').first.attr('href')).to eq '#title-with-spaces'
+      end
+
       it 'appends a unique number to duplicates' do
         doc = filter(header(1, 'One') + header(2, 'One'))