diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6721ccea34..5241a4f078 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4644,9 +4644,9 @@ checksum = "a993555f31e5a609f617c12db6250dedcac1b0a85076912c436e6fc9b2c8e6a3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
-version = "0.37.5"
+version = "0.38.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "331e97a1af0bf59823e6eadffe373d7b27f485be8748f71471c662c1f269b7fb"
+checksum = "8927b0664f5c5a98265138b7e3f90aa19a6b21353182469ace36d4ac527b7b1b"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 76b0dd51ff..777b119d00 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ percent-encoding = "2.3"
 pgp = { version = "0.16.0", default-features = false }
 pin-project = "1"
 qrcodegen = "1.7.0"
-quick-xml = "0.37"
+quick-xml = "0.38"
 quoted_printable = "0.5"
 rand = { workspace = true }
 regex = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/configure/auto_mozilla.rs b/src/configure/auto_mozilla.rs
index 62de517419..0287b37315 100644
--- a/src/configure/auto_mozilla.rs
+++ b/src/configure/auto_mozilla.rs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ fn parse_server<B: BufRead>(
                 }
             }
             Event::Text(ref event) => {
-                let val = event.unescape().unwrap_or_default().trim().to_owned();
+                let val = event.decode().unwrap_or_default().trim().to_owned();
 
                 match tag_config {
                     MozConfigTag::Hostname => hostname = Some(val),
diff --git a/src/configure/auto_outlook.rs b/src/configure/auto_outlook.rs
index 6f4687ee81..a3eb89432b 100644
--- a/src/configure/auto_outlook.rs
+++ b/src/configure/auto_outlook.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ fn parse_protocol<B: BufRead>(
                 }
             }
             Event::Text(ref e) => {
-                let val = e.unescape().unwrap_or_default();
+                let val = e.decode().unwrap_or_default();
 
                 if let Some(ref tag) = current_tag {
                     match tag.as_str() {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ fn parse_redirecturl<B: BufRead>(
     let mut buf = Vec::new();
     match reader.read_event_into(&mut buf)? {
         Event::Text(ref e) => {
-            let val = e.unescape().unwrap_or_default();
+            let val = e.decode().unwrap_or_default();
             Ok(val.trim().to_string())
         }
         _ => Ok("".to_string()),
diff --git a/src/location.rs b/src/location.rs
index 6961461204..ed832a63cf 100644
--- a/src/location.rs
+++ b/src/location.rs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ impl Kml {
         if self.tag == KmlTag::PlacemarkTimestampWhen
             || self.tag == KmlTag::PlacemarkPointCoordinates
         {
-            let val = event.unescape().unwrap_or_default();
+            let val = event.decode().unwrap_or_default();
 
             let val = val.replace(['\n', '\r', '\t', ' '], "");