1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sources/shiboken6/ApiExtractor/xmlutils.cpp b/sources/shiboken6/ApiExtractor/xmlutils.cpp
index 6edca2fa5..2cd2e3b81 100644
--- a/sources/shiboken6/ApiExtractor/xmlutils.cpp
+++ b/sources/shiboken6/ApiExtractor/xmlutils.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ XQuery::~XQuery() = default;
 QString XQuery::evaluate(QString xPathExpression, QString *errorMessage)
 {
     // XQuery can't have invalid XML characters
-    xPathExpression.replace(QLatin1Char('&'), QLatin1String("&amp;"));
-    xPathExpression.replace(QLatin1Char('<'), QLatin1String("&lt;"));
+    xPathExpression.replace(u'&', QLatin1String("&amp;"));
+    xPathExpression.replace(u'<', QLatin1String("&lt;"));
     return doEvaluate(xPathExpression, errorMessage);
 }