diff --git a/Sources/XMLCoder/Auxiliaries/XMLElement.swift b/Sources/XMLCoder/Auxiliaries/XMLElement.swift
index 30e82fb5..f535d210 100644
--- a/Sources/XMLCoder/Auxiliaries/XMLElement.swift
+++ b/Sources/XMLCoder/Auxiliaries/XMLElement.swift
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import Foundation
 
 struct _XMLElement {
     static let attributesKey = "___ATTRIBUTES"
-    static let escapedCharacterSet = [("&", "&amp"), ("<", "&lt;"), (">", "&gt;"), ("'", "&apos;"), ("\"", "&quot;")]
+    static let escapedCharacterSet = [("&", "&amp;"), ("<", "&lt;"), (">", "&gt;"), ("'", "&apos;"), ("\"", "&quot;")]
 
     var key: String
     var value: String?