diff --git a/core/takserver/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/takserver/CoTXmlParser.kt b/core/takserver/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/takserver/CoTXmlParser.kt
index 5ac81fe02..4993bf301 100644
--- a/core/takserver/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/takserver/CoTXmlParser.kt
+++ b/core/takserver/src/commonMain/kotlin/org/meshtastic/core/takserver/CoTXmlParser.kt
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ import kotlin.time.Clock
 import kotlin.time.Instant
 
 private val xmlParser = XML {
-    defaultPolicy {
-        ignoreUnknownChildren()
-        repairNamespaces = false
-    }
+    // xmlutil 1.0.0 moved repairNamespaces from the policy builder to the top-level XML config.
+    repairNamespaces = false
+    defaultPolicy { ignoreUnknownChildren() }
 }
 
 class CoTXmlParser(private val xml: String) {
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 32fc45e3c..c1abca7a0 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [versions]
-xmlutil = "0.91.3"
+xmlutil = "1.0.0"
 
 # Android
 agp = "9.2.1"