diff --git a/docs/connection/db_connection/kafka/format_handling.rst b/docs/connection/db_connection/kafka/format_handling.rst
index 35b4c8b22..5f2d00864 100644
--- a/docs/connection/db_connection/kafka/format_handling.rst
+++ b/docs/connection/db_connection/kafka/format_handling.rst
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ To process XML formatted data from Kafka, use the :obj:`XML.parse_column <onetl.
     df.show()
     # +----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+---------+------+-----------------------+-------------+
     # |key |value                                                                                       |topic     |partition|offset|timestamp              |timestampType|
-    # +----+-------------------------------------------------+----------+---------+------+-----------------------+-----------+------+-----------------------+-------------+
-    # |[31]|"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><person><name>Alice</name><age>20</age></person>"|topicXML  |0        |0     |2024-04-24 13:02:25.911|0            |
-    # |[32]|"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><person><name>Bob</name><age>25</age></person>"  |topicXML  |0        |1     |2024-04-24 13:02:25.922|0            |
+    # +----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+---------+------+-----------------------+-------------+
+    # |[31]|"<person><name>Alice</name><age>20</age></person>"                                          |topicXML  |0        |0     |2024-04-24 13:02:25.911|0            |
+    # |[32]|"<person><name>Bob</name><age>25</age></person>"                                            |topicXML  |0        |1     |2024-04-24 13:02:25.922|0            |
     # +----+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+---------+------+-----------------------+-------------+
 
     xml_schema = StructType(
diff --git a/onetl/file/format/xml.py b/onetl/file/format/xml.py
index a4d0573ed..8137b1025 100644
--- a/onetl/file/format/xml.py
+++ b/onetl/file/format/xml.py
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ def parse_column(self, column: str | Column, schema: StructType) -> Column:
 
         .. note::
 
-            This method parses each XML string in the DataFrame individually; therefore, each string must contain exactly one occurrence of the ``rowTag`` without any surrounding root tags. If your XML data includes a root tag that encapsulates the row tags, you must preprocess the XML to remove or ignore this root tag before parsing.
+            This method parses each DataFrame row individually; therefore for specific column each row must contain exactly one occurrence of the ``rowTag`` without any surrounding root tags. If your XML data includes a root tag that encapsulates the row tags, you must preprocess the XML to remove or ignore this root tag before parsing.
 
             .. code-block:: xml
 
diff --git a/tests/tests_integration/test_file_format_integration/test_xml_integration.py b/tests/tests_integration/test_file_format_integration/test_xml_integration.py
index 916a3ae01..9d14e90e7 100644
--- a/tests/tests_integration/test_file_format_integration/test_xml_integration.py
+++ b/tests/tests_integration/test_file_format_integration/test_xml_integration.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 Do not test all the possible options and combinations, we are not testing Spark here.
 """
 
+import datetime
+
 import pytest
 
 from onetl._util.spark import get_spark_version
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@
 from onetl.file.format import XML
 
 try:
+    from pyspark.sql import Row
     from pyspark.sql.functions import col
 
     from tests.util.assert_df import assert_equal_df
@@ -170,58 +173,39 @@ def test_xml_reader_with_attributes(
     assert_equal_df(read_df, expected_xml_attributes_df, order_by="id")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "xml_input, expected_row",
+    [
+        (
+            """<item>
+                    <id>1</id>
+                    <str_value>Alice</str_value>
+                    <int_value>123</int_value>
+                    <date_value>2021-01-01</date_value>
+                    <datetime_value>2021-01-01T07:01:01Z</datetime_value>
+                    <float_value>1.23</float_value>
+                </item>""",
+            Row(
+                xml_string=Row(
+                    id=1,
+                    str_value="Alice",
+                    int_value=123,
+                    date_value=datetime.date(2021, 1, 1),
+                    datetime_value=datetime.datetime(2021, 1, 1, 7, 1, 1),
+                    float_value=1.23,
+                ),
+            ),
+        ),
+    ],
+    ids=["basic-case"],
+)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("column_type", [str, col])
-def test_xml_parse_column(
-    spark,
-    local_fs_file_df_connection_with_path_and_files,
-    expected_xml_attributes_df,
-    file_df_dataframe,
-    file_df_schema,
-    column_type,
-):
-    from pyspark.sql.types import StringType
-
+def test_xml_parse_column(spark, xml_input: str, expected_row: Row, column_type, file_df_schema):
     from onetl.file.format import XML
 
-    spark_version = get_spark_version(spark)
-    if spark_version.major < 3:
-        pytest.skip("XML files are supported on Spark 3.x only")
-
-    def to_xml(row):
-        # convert datetime to UTC
-        import pytz
-
-        utc_datetime = row.datetime_value.astimezone(pytz.utc)
-        utc_datetime_str = utc_datetime.isoformat()
-
-        return f"""<item>
-        <id>{row.id}</id>
-        <str_value>{row.str_value}</str_value>
-        <int_value>{row.int_value}</int_value>
-        <date_value>{row.date_value}</date_value>
-        <datetime_value>{utc_datetime_str}</datetime_value>
-        <float_value>{row.float_value}</float_value>
-        </item>"""
-
-    xml_rdd = spark.sparkContext.parallelize(expected_xml_attributes_df.rdd.map(to_xml).collect())
-    df = spark.createDataFrame(xml_rdd, StringType()).toDF("xml_string")
-
     xml = XML(row_tag="item")
+    df = spark.createDataFrame([(xml_input,)], ["xml_string"])
     parsed_df = df.select(xml.parse_column(column_type("xml_string"), schema=file_df_schema))
-    transformed_df = parsed_df.select(
-        "xml_string.id",
-        "xml_string.str_value",
-        "xml_string.int_value",
-        "xml_string.date_value",
-        "xml_string.datetime_value",
-        "xml_string.float_value",
-    )
-    expected_df_selected = expected_xml_attributes_df.select(
-        "id",
-        "str_value",
-        "int_value",
-        "date_value",
-        "datetime_value",
-        "float_value",
-    )
-    assert_equal_df(transformed_df, expected_df_selected)
+    result_row = parsed_df.first()
+
+    assert result_row == expected_row