diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c4437f197..9f0b78514 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1355,9 +1355,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xml-rs"
-version = "0.8.19"
+version = "0.8.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0fcb9cbac069e033553e8bb871be2fbdffcab578eb25bd0f7c508cedc6dcd75a"
+checksum = "791978798f0597cfc70478424c2b4fdc2b7a8024aaff78497ef00f24ef674193"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy"
diff --git a/integration/hurl/tests_ok/junit.out.pattern b/integration/hurl/tests_ok/junit.out.pattern
index 4b29981b2..c00e5cce7 100644
--- a/integration/hurl/tests_ok/junit.out.pattern
+++ b/integration/hurl/tests_ok/junit.out.pattern
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><testsuites><testsuite tests="2" errors="0" failures="1"><testcase id="tests_ok/test.1.hurl" name="tests_ok/test.1.hurl" time="~~~" /><testcase id="tests_ok/test.2.hurl" name="tests_ok/test.2.hurl" time="~~~"><failure>Assert body value
-  --> tests_ok/test.2.hurl:8:1
+  --&gt; tests_ok/test.2.hurl:8:1
    |
    | GET http://localhost:8000/hello
    | ...
  8 | `Goodbye World!`
-   | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ actual value is &lt;Hello World!>
+   | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ actual value is &lt;Hello World!&gt;
    |</failure></testcase></testsuite><testsuite tests="1" errors="0" failures="0"><testcase id="tests_ok/test.3.hurl" name="tests_ok/test.3.hurl" time="~~~" /></testsuite></testsuites>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/hurl/Cargo.toml b/packages/hurl/Cargo.toml
index cea290da6..ca14fdce9 100644
--- a/packages/hurl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/hurl/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ serde = "1.0.197"
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.115", features = ["arbitrary_precision"] }
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
 url = "2.5.0"
-xml-rs = { version = "0.8.19" }
+xml-rs = { version = "0.8.20" }
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 # uuid features: lets you generate random UUIDs and use a faster (but still sufficiently random) RNG
 uuid = { version = "1.8.0", features = ["v4" , "fast-rng"] }
diff --git a/packages/hurl/src/report/junit/mod.rs b/packages/hurl/src/report/junit/mod.rs
index eb4913ff8..984fbabaa 100644
--- a/packages/hurl/src/report/junit/mod.rs
+++ b/packages/hurl/src/report/junit/mod.rs
@@ -211,16 +211,16 @@ mod tests {
                 <testcase id=\"-\" name=\"-\" time=\"0.230\" />\
                 <testcase id=\"-\" name=\"-\" time=\"0.230\">\
                     <failure>Assert status code\n  \
-                    --> -:2:10\n   \
+                    --&gt; -:2:10\n   \
                       |\n   \
                       | GET http://localhost:8000/not_found\n \
                     2 | HTTP/1.0 200\n   \
-                      |          ^^^ actual value is &lt;404>\n   \
+                      |          ^^^ actual value is &lt;404&gt;\n   \
                       |\
                     </failure>\
                 </testcase>\
                 <testcase id=\"-\" name=\"-\" time=\"0.230\">\
-                    <error>HTTP connection\n  --> -:1:5\n   |\n 1 | GET http://localhost:8000/not_found\n   |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (6) Could not resolve host: unknown\n   |\
+                    <error>HTTP connection\n  --&gt; -:1:5\n   |\n 1 | GET http://localhost:8000/not_found\n   |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (6) Could not resolve host: unknown\n   |\
                     </error>\
                 </testcase>\
             </testsuite>"
diff --git a/packages/hurl/src/report/junit/testcase.rs b/packages/hurl/src/report/junit/testcase.rs
index 5ff502ef2..03548f0df 100644
--- a/packages/hurl/src/report/junit/testcase.rs
+++ b/packages/hurl/src/report/junit/testcase.rs
@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@ HTTP/1.0 200
         assert_eq!(
             doc.to_string().unwrap(),
             r#"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><testcase id="test.hurl" name="test.hurl" time="0.230"><failure>Assert status code
-  --> test.hurl:2:10
+  --&gt; test.hurl:2:10
    |
    | GET http://localhost:8000/not_found
  2 | HTTP/1.0 200
-   |          ^^^ actual value is &lt;404>
+   |          ^^^ actual value is &lt;404&gt;
    |</failure></testcase>"#
         );
     }
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ HTTP/1.0 200
         assert_eq!(
             doc.to_string().unwrap(),
             r#"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><testcase id="test.hurl" name="test.hurl" time="0.230"><error>HTTP connection
-  --> test.hurl:1:5
+  --&gt; test.hurl:1:5
    |
  1 | GET http://unknown
    |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (6) Could not resolve host: unknown