diff --git a/Sources/TranslationCatalogIO/Internal/StringsXml.swift b/Sources/TranslationCatalogIO/Internal/StringsXml.swift
index 5ca2c61..c268eea 100644
--- a/Sources/TranslationCatalogIO/Internal/StringsXml.swift
+++ b/Sources/TranslationCatalogIO/Internal/StringsXml.swift
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct StringsXml: Codable, DynamicNodeDecoding, DynamicNodeEncoding {
     func encoded() throws -> Data {
         let encoder = XMLEncoder()
         encoder.outputFormatting = [.sortedKeys, .prettyPrinted]
-        return try encoder.encode(
+        let encoded = try encoder.encode(
             self,
             withRootKey: "resources",
             header: XMLHeader(
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ struct StringsXml: Codable, DynamicNodeDecoding, DynamicNodeEncoding {
                 encoding: "UTF-8"
             )
         )
+        var string = String(decoding: encoded, as: UTF8.self)
+        string = string.replacingOccurrences(of: "'", with: "\\'")
+        string = string.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: " ") // Non-Breaking Space
+        return string.data(using: .utf8) ?? encoded
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Tests/TranslationCatalogTests/ExpressionEncoderTests.swift b/Tests/TranslationCatalogTests/ExpressionEncoderTests.swift
index bf8f0f9..2b0a9e2 100644
--- a/Tests/TranslationCatalogTests/ExpressionEncoderTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/TranslationCatalogTests/ExpressionEncoderTests.swift
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ struct ExpressionEncoderTests {
         Expression(
             id: UUID(uuidString: "5870E853-35B9-4C71-B8D6-7EA922C72835")!,
             key: "EXP_03",
-            value: "Hello %s, welcome to %s!",
+            value: "Hello %s, welcome to '%s'!", // 'Hello{Non-Breaking-Space}%s
             languageCode: .english
         ),
     ]
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct ExpressionEncoderTests {
         <resources>
             <string name="EXP_01">Hello World!</string>
             <string name="EXP_02">Hello %s!</string>
-            <string formatted="false" name="EXP_03">Hello %s, welcome to %s!</string>
+            <string formatted="false" name="EXP_03">Hello&#160;%s, welcome to \\'%s\\'!</string>
         </resources>
         """)
     }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct ExpressionEncoderTests {
         #expect(output == """
         "EXP_01" = "Hello World!";
         "EXP_02" = "Hello %@!";
-        "EXP_03" = "Hello %@, welcome to %@!";
+        "EXP_03" = "Hello\\U00A0%@, welcome to '%@'!";
         """)
     }
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct ExpressionEncoderTests {
         {
           "EXP_01" : "Hello World!",
           "EXP_02" : "Hello %s!",
-          "EXP_03" : "Hello %s, welcome to %s!"
+          "EXP_03" : "Hello %s, welcome to '%s'!"
         }
         """)
     }