diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 50926794..f2861501 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "deckcraft-model",
  "image",
  "log",
- "quick-xml 0.38.4",
+ "quick-xml",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror 2.0.21",
  "zip",
@@ -3439,15 +3439,6 @@ version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a993555f31e5a609f617c12db6250dedcac1b0a85076912c436e6fc9b2c8e6a3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "quick-xml"
-version = "0.38.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b66c2058c55a409d601666cffe35f04333cf1013010882cec174a7467cd4e21c"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
 version = "0.41.0"
@@ -4882,7 +4873,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "338e30461b3a2b67d70eb30a6d89f8e0c93a833e07d2ae89085cd070c4a00ac0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quick-xml 0.41.0",
+ "quick-xml",
  "quote",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5bb1f9af..c7d6c036 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ vello_common = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
 image = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = ["png", "jpeg", "webp", "gif", "tiff", "bmp"] }
 krilla = { version = "0.8", features = ["pdf"] }
 i_overlay = "9"
-quick-xml = "0.38"
+quick-xml = "0.41"
 zip = { version = "3", default-features = false, features = ["deflate"] }
 
 # ui
diff --git a/crates/pptx/src/xml.rs b/crates/pptx/src/xml.rs
index 60a94817..4146d228 100644
--- a/crates/pptx/src/xml.rs
+++ b/crates/pptx/src/xml.rs
@@ -340,8 +340,10 @@ fn start_el(b: &quick_xml::events::BytesStart, reader: &quick_xml::Reader<&[u8]>
     let mut attrs = vec![];
     for a in b.attributes().with_checks(false).flatten() {
         let k = String::from_utf8_lossy(a.key.as_ref()).into_owned();
-        let v =
-            a.decode_and_unescape_value(reader.decoder()).map(|c| c.into_owned()).unwrap_or_else(|_| String::from_utf8_lossy(&a.value).into_owned());
+        let v = a
+            .decoded_and_normalized_value(quick_xml::XmlVersion::Implicit1_0, reader.decoder())
+            .map(|c| c.into_owned())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| String::from_utf8_lossy(&a.value).into_owned());
         attrs.push((k, v));
     }
     El { name, attrs, children: vec![] }