diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bc033be45..0ae7fc2c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2850,8 +2850,7 @@ checksum = "87dfd5592a8eed7e74f56ad7b125f8234763b805c30f0c7c95c486920026a6ec"
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
 version = "0.22.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8533f14c8382aaad0d592c812ac3b826162128b65662331e1127b45c3d18536b"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ruffle-rs/quick-xml?rev=8496365ec1412eb5ba5de350937b6bce352fa0ba#8496365ec1412eb5ba5de350937b6bce352fa0ba"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 668306381..dddc816f1 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ bitflags = "1.3.2"
 smallvec = "1.6.1"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 num-derive = "0.3"
-quick-xml = "0.22.0"
+quick-xml = { git = "https://github.com/ruffle-rs/quick-xml", rev = "8496365ec1412eb5ba5de350937b6bce352fa0ba" }
 downcast-rs = "1.2.0"
 url = "2.2.2"
 weak-table = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/core/src/xml/tree.rs b/core/src/xml/tree.rs
index f682d2c17..543f185f2 100644
--- a/core/src/xml/tree.rs
+++ b/core/src/xml/tree.rs
@@ -243,13 +243,13 @@ impl<'gc> XmlNode<'gc> {
 
             match event {
                 Event::Start(bs) => {
-                    let child = XmlNode::from_start_event(mc, bs, document)?;
+                    let child = XmlNode::from_start_event(mc, bs, document, process_entity)?;
                     self.document().update_idmap(mc, child);
                     self.add_child_to_tree(mc, &mut open_tags, child)?;
                     open_tags.push(child);
                 }
                 Event::Empty(bs) => {
-                    let child = XmlNode::from_start_event(mc, bs, document)?;
+                    let child = XmlNode::from_start_event(mc, bs, document, process_entity)?;
                     self.document().update_idmap(mc, child);
                     self.add_child_to_tree(mc, &mut open_tags, child)?;
                 }
@@ -292,16 +292,19 @@ impl<'gc> XmlNode<'gc> {
         mc: MutationContext<'gc, '_>,
         bs: BytesStart<'a>,
         document: XmlDocument<'gc>,
+        process_entity: bool,
     ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let tag_name = XmlName::from_bytes(bs.name())?;
         let mut attributes = BTreeMap::new();
 
         for a in bs.attributes() {
             let attribute = a?;
-            attributes.insert(
-                XmlName::from_bytes(attribute.key)?,
-                String::from_utf8(attribute.value.to_owned().to_vec())?,
-            );
+            let value = if process_entity {
+                String::from_utf8(attribute.unescaped_value()?.to_owned().to_vec())?
+            } else {
+                String::from_utf8(attribute.value.to_owned().to_vec())?
+            };
+            attributes.insert(XmlName::from_bytes(attribute.key)?, value);
         }
 
         Ok(XmlNode(GcCell::allocate(
diff --git a/tests/tests/regression_tests.rs b/tests/tests/regression_tests.rs
index e3db270a1..b7e3d8d86 100644
--- a/tests/tests/regression_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests/regression_tests.rs
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ swf_tests! {
     (xml_ignore_comments, "avm1/xml_ignore_comments", 1),
     (xml_ignore_white, "avm1/xml_ignore_white", 1),
     (xml_inspect_doctype, "avm1/xml_inspect_doctype", 1),
+    (xml_unescaping, "avm1/xml_unescaping", 1),
     #[ignore] (xml_inspect_xmldecl, "avm1/xml_inspect_xmldecl", 1),
     (xml_inspect_createmethods, "avm1/xml_inspect_createmethods", 1),
     (xml_inspect_parsexml, "avm1/xml_inspect_parsexml", 1),
diff --git a/tests/tests/swfs/avm1/xml_unescaping/Test.as b/tests/tests/swfs/avm1/xml_unescaping/Test.as
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9650346a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests/swfs/avm1/xml_unescaping/Test.as
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Compile with:
+//  mtasc -main -header 200:150:30 Test.as -swf test.swf 
+class Test {
+    static function main(current) {
+
+var xml;
+xml = new XML("<data>A &amp; &#39; B</data>");
+trace(xml.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue);
+
+xml = new XML("<data label=\"A &amp; &#39; B\"></data>");
+trace("");
+trace(xml.firstChild.attributes.label);
+
+xml = new XML("<data>A & &thing; B</data>");
+trace("");
+trace(xml.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue);
+
+xml = new XML("<data label=\"A & &thing; B\"></data>");
+trace("");
+trace(xml.firstChild.attributes.label);
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/tests/swfs/avm1/xml_unescaping/output.txt b/tests/tests/swfs/avm1/xml_unescaping/output.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d94c6a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests/swfs/avm1/xml_unescaping/output.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+A & ' B
+
+A & ' B
+
+A & &thing; B
+
+A & &thing; B
diff --git a/tests/tests/swfs/avm1/xml_unescaping/test.swf b/tests/tests/swfs/avm1/xml_unescaping/test.swf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3a064c91
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/tests/swfs/avm1/xml_unescaping/test.swf differ