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-If your SonarQube server users a self-signed certificate, you can pass a root certificate (in PEM format) to use for validation to the java certificate store:
+If your SonarQube server uses a self-signed certificate, you can pass a root certificate (in PEM format) to the java certificate store:
 
 ```yaml
     - name: SonarQube Scan