diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.emf.editor3x/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.emf.editor3x/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 81cdf2e552d..fd70161e8ac 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.emf.editor3x/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.emf.editor3x/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %Bundle-Name
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.e4.tools.emf.editor3x;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 4.8.0.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 4.8.1.qualifier
 Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-11
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.ui;bundle-version="3.6.0",
  org.eclipse.core.runtime;bundle-version="3.6.0",
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.emf.editor3x/pom.xml b/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.emf.editor3x/pom.xml
index 605a37912d0..fcb25da4d61 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.emf.editor3x/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.emf.editor3x/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
   <groupId>eclipse.platform.ui.tools</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.e4.tools.emf.editor3x</artifactId>
-  <version>4.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>4.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.emf.editor3x/src/org/eclipse/e4/tools/emf/editor3x/ModelEditorPreferencePage.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.emf.editor3x/src/org/eclipse/e4/tools/emf/editor3x/ModelEditorPreferencePage.java
index f8e0a3ae344..cc8b7debcc3 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.emf.editor3x/src/org/eclipse/e4/tools/emf/editor3x/ModelEditorPreferencePage.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.tools.emf.editor3x/src/org/eclipse/e4/tools/emf/editor3x/ModelEditorPreferencePage.java
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 IBM Corporation and others.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
  *
  * Contributors:
  * Steven Spungin <steven@spungin.tv> - Bug 431735, Bug 437890, Bug 440469
@@ -114,9 +122,13 @@ protected Control createContents(Composite parent) {
 			{
 				final Composite container = new Composite(group, SWT.NONE);
 				container.setLayoutData(new GridData(GridData.FILL, GridData.CENTER, false, false, 2, 1));
-				fShowSearch = new BooleanFieldEditor(ModelEditorPreferences.TAB_FORM_SEARCH_SHOW,
-					Messages.ModelEditorPreferencePage_SearchableTree
-						+ Messages.ModelEditorPreferencePage_ForcesReadOnlyXMITab + Messages.ModelEditorPreferencePage_RequiresReopeningModel, container);
+				StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(Messages.ModelEditorPreferencePage_SearchableTree);
+				buffer.append(" "); //$NON-NLS-1$
+				buffer.append(Messages.ModelEditorPreferencePage_ForcesReadOnlyXMITab);
+				buffer.append(" "); //$NON-NLS-1$
+				buffer.append(Messages.ModelEditorPreferencePage_RequiresReopeningModel);
+				fShowSearch = new BooleanFieldEditor(ModelEditorPreferences.TAB_FORM_SEARCH_SHOW, buffer.toString(),
+						container);
 				fShowSearch.setPage(this);
 				fShowSearch.setPreferenceStore(getPreferenceStore());
 				fShowSearch.load();