diff --git a/tooling/maven/camel-api-component-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/api-route-test.vm b/tooling/maven/camel-api-component-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/api-route-test.vm
index be98763f2b8ef..1ee29f4e1b315 100644
--- a/tooling/maven/camel-api-component-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/api-route-test.vm
+++ b/tooling/maven/camel-api-component-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/api-route-test.vm
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ requestBodyAndHeaders("direct://${model.UniqueName}", null, headers);
 #if ( !$voidResult )
 
         assertNotNull(result, "${model.Name} result");
-        LOG.debug("${model.Name}: {}", result);
+        LOG.debug("${model.Name}: {}", (Object) result);
 #end
     }