diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 3592061a..927f9981 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 jc changelog
 
-20221101 v1.22.2
+20221102 v1.22.2
 - add `sshd_conf` parser
 - add `findmnt` parser
+- enhance `xml` parser with optional `_` prefix for attributes instead of
+  `@` by using the `--raw` option. This can make it easier to filter the
+  JSON output in some tools.
+- fix the `xml` parser to output a normal Dictionary instead of OrderdDict.
+  This cleans up YAML output. (No `!!omap` comments)
 - fix `csv` and `csv-s` parsers for UTF-8 encoded CSV files with leading BOM bytes
 - fix exit code to be non-zero on interrupt
 - allow parser module objects to be used as arguments to `jc.get_help()` and `jc.parser_info()`
diff --git a/jc/parsers/xml.py b/jc/parsers/xml.py
index cc434ef2..d82e7a72 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/xml.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/xml.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def _process(proc_data, has_data=False):
 
     if has_data:
         # standard output with @ prefix for attributes
-        raw_output = xmltodict.parse(proc_data)
+        raw_output = xmltodict.parse(proc_data, dict_constructor=dict)
 
     return raw_output
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False):
     if raw:
         if has_data:
             # modified output with _ prefix for attributes
-            raw_output = xmltodict.parse(data, attr_prefix='_')
+            raw_output = xmltodict.parse(data, dict_constructor=dict, attr_prefix='_')
 
         return raw_output