diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2e86ad3e4..93b173e9d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2961,9 +2961,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
-version = "0.37.5"
+version = "0.38.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "331e97a1af0bf59823e6eadffe373d7b27f485be8748f71471c662c1f269b7fb"
+checksum = "42a232e7487fc2ef313d96dde7948e7a3c05101870d8985e4fd8d26aedd27b89"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 08ebf6a6e..ed263676f 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ shared = { version = "3", path = "../shared" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.9"
 serde_json = { version = "1", features = ["arbitrary_precision"] }
-quick-xml = "0.37"
+quick-xml = "0.38"
 regex = "1.11"
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 url = "2.5"
diff --git a/backend/src/api/endpoints/xmltv_api.rs b/backend/src/api/endpoints/xmltv_api.rs
index 974624b53..87bd60501 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/endpoints/xmltv_api.rs
+++ b/backend/src/api/endpoints/xmltv_api.rs
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ fn serve_epg_with_timeshift(
         match xml_reader.read_event_into(&mut buf) {
             Ok(Event::Start(ref e)) if e.name().as_ref() == b"programme" => {
                 // Modify the attributes
-                let mut elem = BytesStart::from(e.name());
+                let mut elem = BytesStart::new("programme");
                 for attr in e.attributes() {
                     match attr {
                         Ok(attr) if attr.key.as_ref() == b"start" => {
                             let start_value = attr
                                 .decode_and_unescape_value(xml_reader.decoder())
-                                .expect("Failed to decode start attribute");
+                                .expect("Failed to decode the start attribute");
                             // Modify the start attribute value as needed
                             elem.push_attribute((
                                 "start",
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ fn serve_epg_with_timeshift(
                         Ok(attr) if attr.key.as_ref() == b"stop" => {
                             let stop_value = attr
                                 .decode_and_unescape_value(xml_reader.decoder())
-                                .expect("Failed to decode stop attribute");
+                                .expect("Failed to decode the stop attribute");
                             // Modify the stop attribute value as needed
                             elem.push_attribute((
                                 "stop",
diff --git a/backend/src/processing/parser/xmltv.rs b/backend/src/processing/parser/xmltv.rs
index 3963512f5..2d6905b01 100644
--- a/backend/src/processing/parser/xmltv.rs
+++ b/backend/src/processing/parser/xmltv.rs
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ where
 
 fn handle_text_tag(stack: &mut [XmlTag], e: &BytesText) {
     if !stack.is_empty() {
-        if let Ok(text) = e.unescape() {
+        if let Ok(text) = e.decode() {
             let t = text.trim();
             if !t.is_empty() {
                 if let Some(tag) = stack.last_mut() {