diff --git a/joern-cli/frontends/x2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/x2cpg/utils/dependency/MavenDependencies.scala b/joern-cli/frontends/x2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/x2cpg/utils/dependency/MavenDependencies.scala
index db385a098727..e7323085ee82 100644
--- a/joern-cli/frontends/x2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/x2cpg/utils/dependency/MavenDependencies.scala
+++ b/joern-cli/frontends/x2cpg/src/main/scala/io/joern/x2cpg/utils/dependency/MavenDependencies.scala
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ object MavenDependencies {
         "The compile class path may be missing or partial.\n" +
         "Results will suffer from poor type information.\n" +
         "To fix this issue, please ensure that the below command can be executed successfully from the project root directory:\n" +
-        s"mvn $MavenCliOpts " + fetchArgs.mkString(" ") + "\n\n"
+        s"mvn $$$MavenCliOpts " + fetchArgs.mkString(" ") + "\n\n"
     )
     logger.debug(s"Full maven error output:\n$output")
   }