diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 22e5da5..dd5bf40 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ name: "DEPENDENCIES.md file checker."
 description: "DEPENDENCIES.md file checker."
 author: "oandriie@redhat.com"
 
+inputs:
+  EXCLUDE_DEPS:
+    description: "List dependencies to exclude listed with comma separator"
+    required: false
+    default: ""
+
 runs:
   using: "docker"
   image: "Dockerfile"
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/App.java b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/App.java
index 392ef19..7708d08 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/App.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/eclipse/che/App.java
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ public static void main( String[] args ) throws IOException {
         }
 
         String excludeListEnv = System.getenv("EXCLUDE_DEPS");
-        List<String> excludeList = excludeListEnv != null ? Arrays.asList(excludeListEnv.split(",")) : Collections.emptyList();
-        System.out.println("Exclude list: " + excludeList);
+        List<String> excludeList = excludeListEnv != null ? Arrays.asList(excludeListEnv.split(",\\s+")) : Collections.emptyList();
 
         File goSum = new File(Path.of(repoPath, "go.sum").toUri());
         Collection<String> goSumDeps = readGoSumFile(goSum);