diff --git a/robot-server-core/src/main/kotlin/com/intellij/remoterobot/services/xpath/XpathDataModelCreator.kt b/robot-server-core/src/main/kotlin/com/intellij/remoterobot/services/xpath/XpathDataModelCreator.kt
index f16ca65a..9484a448 100644
--- a/robot-server-core/src/main/kotlin/com/intellij/remoterobot/services/xpath/XpathDataModelCreator.kt
+++ b/robot-server-core/src/main/kotlin/com/intellij/remoterobot/services/xpath/XpathDataModelCreator.kt
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class XpathDataModelCreator(private val textToKeyCache: TextToKeyCache) {
                     }?.apply {
                         element.setAttribute(attributeName, this)
                     }
-                    value?.apply {
+                    value?.removeInvalidXmlCharacters()?.apply {
                         if (textFieldsFilter(attributeName, value)) {
                             elementText.append("$attributeName: '$this'. ")
                             textToKeyCache.findKey(value)?.apply {
@@ -308,3 +308,7 @@ fun Element.addIcon(iconName: String, size: Int, onClickFunction: String) {
     )
     appendChild(icon)
 }
+
+private fun String.removeInvalidXmlCharacters(): String {
+    return replace(Regex("[\\x00-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f]"), "")
+}
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