diff --git a/examples/topics/data_source/xml/code.php b/examples/topics/data_source/xml/code.php
index 88364a417..54977ac88 100644
--- a/examples/topics/data_source/xml/code.php
+++ b/examples/topics/data_source/xml/code.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         __DIR__ . '/input/dataset.xml',
         'users/user'
     ))
-    ->withEntry('id', ref('node')->xpath('@id')->domElementValue())
+    ->withEntry('id', ref('node')->xpath('@id')->domElementAttribute('id'))
     ->withEntry('name', ref('node')->xpath('name')->domElementValue())
     ->withEntry('active', ref('node')->xpath('active')->domElementValue())
     ->withEntry('email', ref('node')->xpath('email')->domElementValue())
diff --git a/examples/topics/data_source/xml/output.txt b/examples/topics/data_source/xml/output.txt
index d9a9d451d..b7dbc290e 100644
--- a/examples/topics/data_source/xml/output.txt
+++ b/examples/topics/data_source/xml/output.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 +----+---------+--------+---------------------+
 | id |    name | active |               email |
 +----+---------+--------+---------------------+
-|    |   Alice |   true |   alice@example.com |
-|    |     Bob |  false |     bob@example.com |
-|    | Charlie |   true | charlie@example.com |
-|    |   David |  false |   david@example.com |
-|    |    Emma |   true |    emma@example.com |
-|    |   Frank |  false |   frank@example.com |
-|    |   Grace |   true |   grace@example.com |
-|    |   Harry |  false |   harry@example.com |
-|    |    Isla |   true |    isla@example.com |
-|    |   James |  false |   james@example.com |
+|  1 |   Alice |   true |   alice@example.com |
+|  2 |     Bob |  false |     bob@example.com |
+|  3 | Charlie |   true | charlie@example.com |
+|  4 |   David |  false |   david@example.com |
+|  5 |    Emma |   true |    emma@example.com |
+|  6 |   Frank |  false |   frank@example.com |
+|  7 |   Grace |   true |   grace@example.com |
+|  8 |   Harry |  false |   harry@example.com |
+|  9 |    Isla |   true |    isla@example.com |
+| 10 |   James |  false |   james@example.com |
 +----+---------+--------+---------------------+
 10 rows
diff --git a/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/Function/DOMElementAttribute.php b/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/Function/DOMElementAttribute.php
index 7de4d55fc..95eb085e3 100644
--- a/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/Function/DOMElementAttribute.php
+++ b/src/core/etl/src/Flow/ETL/Function/DOMElementAttribute.php
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ public function eval(Row $row) : ?string
     {
         $value = $this->ref->eval($row);
 
+        if ($value instanceof \DOMAttr) {
+            return $value->nodeValue;
+        }
+
         if (!$value instanceof \DOMElement) {
             return null;
         }