diff --git a/pulp_certguard/tests/functional/artifacts/x509/gensrv.sh b/pulp_certguard/tests/functional/artifacts/x509/gensrv.sh
index ae868115756..f44933b9700 100755
--- a/pulp_certguard/tests/functional/artifacts/x509/gensrv.sh
+++ b/pulp_certguard/tests/functional/artifacts/x509/gensrv.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ then
     -CA certificates/ca.pem \
     -CAkey keys/ca.pem \
     -CAcreateserial \
-    -set_serial $RANDOM
+    -set_serial $RANDOM \
     -subj "/CN=$HOSTNAME" &> /dev/null
 else
   openssl x509 \
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ else
     -CA certificates/ca.pem \
     -CAkey keys/ca.pem \
     -CAcreateserial \
-    -set_serial $RANDOM
+    -set_serial $RANDOM \
     -subj "/CN=$HOSTNAME" &> /dev/null
 fi
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c648cfd27cf..591b6a89584 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "tablib<3.6.0",
   "url-normalize>=1.4.3,<=1.4.3",
   "uuid6>=2023.5.2,<=2024.7.10",
-  "whitenoise>=5.0,<6.9.0",
+  "whitenoise>=5.0,<6.10.0",
   "yarl>=1.8,<1.18.4",
 ]