diff --git a/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-loader-gguf/src/openvino.rs b/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-loader-gguf/src/openvino.rs
index 84e6f7b45..63e636d81 100644
--- a/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-loader-gguf/src/openvino.rs
+++ b/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-loader-gguf/src/openvino.rs
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ pub fn parse_openvino_xml(
                     b"net" => {
                         for attr in e.attributes().flatten() {
                             let key = attr.key.as_ref();
-                            let val = attr.unescape_value().unwrap_or_default().to_string();
+                            let val = attr.normalized_value(quick_xml::XmlVersion::Implicit1_0).unwrap_or_default().to_string();
                             match key {
                                 b"name" => net_name = val,
                                 b"version" => {
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ pub fn parse_openvino_xml(
                         let mut name = String::new();
                         let mut ty = String::new();
                         for attr in e.attributes().flatten() {
-                            let val = attr.unescape_value().unwrap_or_default().to_string();
+                            let val = attr.normalized_value(quick_xml::XmlVersion::Implicit1_0).unwrap_or_default().to_string();
                             match attr.key.as_ref() {
                                 b"id" => { id = val.parse().unwrap_or(0); }
                                 b"name" => { name = val; }
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ pub fn parse_openvino_xml(
                     }
                     b"data" if in_layer_const => {
                         for attr in e.attributes().flatten() {
-                            let val = attr.unescape_value().unwrap_or_default().to_string();
+                            let val = attr.normalized_value(quick_xml::XmlVersion::Implicit1_0).unwrap_or_default().to_string();
                             match attr.key.as_ref() {
                                 b"element_type" => {
                                     cur_dtype = OvDtype::parse(&val);
diff --git a/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-transform-trx/src/lib.rs b/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-transform-trx/src/lib.rs
index d25c776d3..fba7b300b 100644
--- a/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-transform-trx/src/lib.rs
+++ b/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-transform-trx/src/lib.rs
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ pub fn parse_response(xml: &str) -> Result<TransformResult, TrxError> {
                         for attr in e.attributes().with_checks(false).flatten() {
                             if attr.key.as_ref() == b"Type" {
                                 let v = attr
-                                    .unescape_value()
+                                    .normalized_value(quick_xml::XmlVersion::Implicit1_0)
                                     .map_err(|err| TrxError::Decode(format!("entity attr: {err}")))?;
                                 cur_entity_type = Some(v.into_owned());
                             }
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ pub fn parse_response(xml: &str) -> Result<TransformResult, TrxError> {
                         for attr in e.attributes().with_checks(false).flatten() {
                             if attr.key.as_ref() == b"Name" {
                                 let v = attr
-                                    .unescape_value()
+                                    .normalized_value(quick_xml::XmlVersion::Implicit1_0)
                                     .map_err(|err| TrxError::Decode(format!("field attr: {err}")))?;
                                 cur_field_name = Some(v.into_owned());
                             }
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ pub fn parse_response(xml: &str) -> Result<TransformResult, TrxError> {
                         for attr in e.attributes().with_checks(false).flatten() {
                             if attr.key.as_ref() == b"Type" {
                                 let v = attr
-                                    .unescape_value()
+                                    .normalized_value(quick_xml::XmlVersion::Implicit1_0)
                                     .map_err(|err| TrxError::Decode(format!("uimsg attr: {err}")))?;
                                 kind = match v.as_ref() {
                                     "Inform" => UiMessageKind::Inform,