diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/FileTransfer/Form/FileTransferAuthorizeForm.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/FileTransfer/Form/FileTransferAuthorizeForm.php
index b886bde5199..a25156e5032 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/FileTransfer/Form/FileTransferAuthorizeForm.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/FileTransfer/Form/FileTransferAuthorizeForm.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class FileTransferAuthorizeForm extends FormBase {
    *
    * @var string
    */
-  protected  $root;
+  protected $root;
 
   /**
    * Constructs a new FileTransferAuthorizeForm object.
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/wizard/Node.php b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/wizard/Node.php
index 24615eed88b..07b176ccd44 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/wizard/Node.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Plugin/views/wizard/Node.php
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class Node extends WizardPluginBase {
   /**
    * Set the row style and row style plugins to the display_options.
    */
-  protected  function display_options_row(&$display_options, $row_plugin, $row_options) {
+  protected function display_options_row(&$display_options, $row_plugin, $row_options) {
     switch ($row_plugin) {
       case 'full_posts':
         $display_options['row']['type'] = 'entity:node';
diff --git a/core/modules/settings_tray/tests/src/Functional/SettingsTrayTest.php b/core/modules/settings_tray/tests/src/Functional/SettingsTrayTest.php
index 61d930e2e89..885bbc6fbf4 100644
--- a/core/modules/settings_tray/tests/src/Functional/SettingsTrayTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/settings_tray/tests/src/Functional/SettingsTrayTest.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class SettingsTrayTest extends BrowserTestBase {
    * @return string
    *   The CSS selector.
    */
-  protected  function getBlockSelector(Block $block) {
+  protected function getBlockSelector(Block $block) {
     return '#block-' . $block->id();
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/field/CounterTest.php b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/field/CounterTest.php
index 34943ce6b2e..cbfe00c19b9 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/field/CounterTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/field/CounterTest.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class CounterTest extends UnitTestCase {
    *
    * @var \Drupal\views\ViewExecutable
    */
-  protected  $view;
+  protected $view;
 
   /**
    * The display plugin instance.
diff --git a/core/phpcs.xml.dist b/core/phpcs.xml.dist
index 64f623a6eee..2ae399de707 100644
--- a/core/phpcs.xml.dist
+++ b/core/phpcs.xml.dist
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@
       <property name="ignoreNewlines" value="true"/>
     </properties>
   </rule>
+  <rule ref="Squiz.WhiteSpace.ScopeKeywordSpacing"/>
   <rule ref="Squiz.WhiteSpace.SemicolonSpacing"/>
   <rule ref="Squiz.WhiteSpace.SuperfluousWhitespace"/>