diff --git a/play-ws-standalone-xml/src/main/scala/play/api/libs/ws/XMLBodyReadables.scala b/play-ws-standalone-xml/src/main/scala/play/api/libs/ws/XMLBodyReadables.scala
index e338b145d..a58b444d3 100644
--- a/play-ws-standalone-xml/src/main/scala/play/api/libs/ws/XMLBodyReadables.scala
+++ b/play-ws-standalone-xml/src/main/scala/play/api/libs/ws/XMLBodyReadables.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ trait XMLBodyReadables {
    * }}}
    */
   implicit val readableAsXml: BodyReadable[Elem] = BodyReadable { response =>
-    xml.XML.load(new InputSource(new ByteArrayInputStream(response.bodyAsBytes.toArray)))
+    XML.parser.load(new InputSource(new ByteArrayInputStream(response.bodyAsBytes.toArray)))
   }
 
 }