diff --git a/crates/xml/src/value.rs b/crates/xml/src/value.rs
index 3636da8..ac5dab2 100644
--- a/crates/xml/src/value.rs
+++ b/crates/xml/src/value.rs
@@ -74,12 +74,13 @@ impl<T: ValueDeserialize> XmlDeserialize for T {
             let mut buf = Vec::new();
             loop {
                 match reader.read_event_into(&mut buf)? {
-                    Event::Text(text) => {
+                    Event::Text(bytes_text) => {
+                        let text = bytes_text.unescape()?;
                         if !string.is_empty() {
                             // Content already written
                             return Err(XmlError::UnsupportedEvent("content already written"));
                         }
-                        string = String::from_utf8_lossy(text.as_ref()).to_string();
+                        string = text.to_string();
                     }
                     Event::CData(cdata) => {
                         let text = String::from_utf8(cdata.to_vec())?;
diff --git a/crates/xml/tests/de_struct.rs b/crates/xml/tests/de_struct.rs
index d281c62..bcc1a5d 100644
--- a/crates/xml/tests/de_struct.rs
+++ b/crates/xml/tests/de_struct.rs
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ fn test_xml_cdata() {
         #[xml(ty = "text")]
         hello: String,
         href: String,
+        okay: String,
     }
 
     let doc = Document::parse_str(
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ fn test_xml_cdata() {
         <document>
             <![CDATA[some text]]>
             <href><![CDATA[some stuff]]></href>
+            <okay>&gt;</okay>
         </document>
     "#,
     )
@@ -280,7 +282,8 @@ fn test_xml_cdata() {
         doc,
         Document {
             hello: "some text".to_owned(),
-            href: "some stuff".to_owned()
+            href: "some stuff".to_owned(),
+            okay: ">".to_owned()
         }
     );
 }