diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a40b1e4d41..88c809b23fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.mybatis</groupId>
   <artifactId>mybatis</artifactId>
-  <version>3.5.19-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.5.20-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>mybatis</name>
   <description>The MyBatis SQL mapper framework makes it easier to use a relational database with object-oriented
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     <argLine>-Xmx2048m -javaagent:${settings.localRepository}/net/bytebuddy/byte-buddy-agent/${byte-buddy.version}/byte-buddy-agent-${byte-buddy.version}.jar</argLine>
 
     <!-- Reproducible Builds -->
-    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1735702000</project.build.outputTimestamp>
+    <project.build.outputTimestamp>1735849813</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/ForEachSqlNode.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/ForEachSqlNode.java
index 08d46419813..2111f2f4a08 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/ForEachSqlNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/ForEachSqlNode.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *    Copyright 2009-2023 the original author or authors.
+ *    Copyright 2009-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/IfSqlNode.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/IfSqlNode.java
index bb15cc8a84b..b9b84554659 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/IfSqlNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/IfSqlNode.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *    Copyright 2009-2022 the original author or authors.
+ *    Copyright 2009-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/XMLScriptBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/XMLScriptBuilder.java
index b8102a87dad..e3f1131abde 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/XMLScriptBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/XMLScriptBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *    Copyright 2009-2024 the original author or authors.
+ *    Copyright 2009-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ protected MixedSqlNode parseDynamicTags(XNode node) {
       XNode child = node.newXNode(children.item(i));
       if (child.getNode().getNodeType() == Node.CDATA_SECTION_NODE || child.getNode().getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
         String data = child.getStringBody("");
-        if (data.trim().isEmpty()) {
-          continue;
-        }
         TextSqlNode textSqlNode = new TextSqlNode(data);
         if (textSqlNode.isDynamic()) {
           contents.add(textSqlNode);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/XMLScriptBuilderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/XMLScriptBuilderTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d1ec46c8c6..00000000000
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/scripting/xmltags/XMLScriptBuilderTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *    Copyright 2009-2024 the original author or authors.
- *
- *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- *    You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *       https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- *    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- *    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- *    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- *    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- *    limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.ibatis.scripting.xmltags;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.apache.ibatis.mapping.SqlSource;
-import org.apache.ibatis.parsing.XPathParser;
-import org.apache.ibatis.session.Configuration;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-class XMLScriptBuilderTest {
-
-  @Test
-  void shouldEmptyTextNodesRemoved() throws Exception {
-    String xml = """
-        <script>
-          select * from user
-          <if test="_parameter != null">
-            where id = 1
-          </if>
-          <if test="_parameter == null">
-            where id > 0
-          </if>
-        </script>
-        """;
-    SqlSource sqlSource = new XMLScriptBuilder(new Configuration(), new XPathParser(xml).evalNode("/script"))
-        .parseScriptNode();
-
-    Field rootSqlNodeFld = DynamicSqlSource.class.getDeclaredField("rootSqlNode");
-    rootSqlNodeFld.setAccessible(true);
-    MixedSqlNode sqlNode = (MixedSqlNode) rootSqlNodeFld.get(sqlSource);
-
-    Field contentsFld = MixedSqlNode.class.getDeclaredField("contents");
-    contentsFld.setAccessible(true);
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    List<SqlNode> contents = (List<SqlNode>) contentsFld.get(sqlNode);
-
-    assertEquals(3, contents.size());
-    assertThat(contents.get(0)).isInstanceOf(StaticTextSqlNode.class);
-    assertThat(contents.get(1)).isInstanceOf(IfSqlNode.class);
-    assertThat(contents.get(2)).isInstanceOf(IfSqlNode.class);
-  }
-
-}

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