diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/XMLEncode.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/XMLEncode.java
index 44b6dd9c..60fa65d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/XMLEncode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/XMLEncode.java
@@ -109,7 +109,19 @@ static void xmlEncodeTextAsPCDATA(String text, boolean forAttribute, char quoteC
                     break;
 
                 default:
-                    n.append(c);
+                    // C0 control characters (except tab, LF, CR) are encoded
+                    // as numeric character references. This produces valid
+                    // XML 1.1 but is not valid XML 1.0 (which forbids these
+                    // characters in any form). Callers that require strict
+                    // XML 1.0 compliance should strip these characters before
+                    // encoding.
+                    if (c < 0x20 && c != 0x09 && c != 0x0A && c != 0x0D) {
+                        n.append("&#x");
+                        n.append(Integer.toHexString(c));
+                        n.append(';');
+                    } else {
+                        n.append(c);
+                    }
                     break;
             }
         }
@@ -135,6 +147,12 @@ private static String xmlEncodeTextAsCDATABlock(String text) {
 
     /**
      * Checks if this text needs encoding in order to be represented in XML.
+     * Note: C0 control characters (U+0000-U+001F except tab, LF, CR) are
+     * classified as needing encoding, but encoding them as numeric character
+     * references produces output that is not valid XML 1.0 (which forbids
+     * these characters outright in any form). The encoded output is valid
+     * XML 1.1. Callers that require strict XML 1.0 compliance should strip
+     * these characters before encoding.
      */
     private static boolean needsEncoding(String text) {
         if (text == null) {
@@ -145,6 +163,9 @@ private static boolean needsEncoding(String text) {
             if (c == '&' || c == '<') {
                 return true;
             }
+            if (c < 0x20 && c != 0x09 && c != 0x0A && c != 0x0D) {
+                return true;
+            }
         }
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/PrettyPrintXmlWriterTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/PrettyPrintXmlWriterTest.java
index ee210cb0..e88c695d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/PrettyPrintXmlWriterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/utils/xml/PrettyPrintXmlWriterTest.java
@@ -93,6 +93,26 @@ public void testPrettyPrintXMLWriterWithGivenLineIndenter() throws IOException {
         assertEquals(expectedResult("    "), w.toString());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testEncodeIllegalControlCharsInText() throws IOException {
+        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+        PrettyPrintXMLWriter w = new PrettyPrintXMLWriter(sw);
+        w.startElement("div");
+        w.writeText("hello\u0001world");
+        w.endElement();
+        assertEquals("<div>hello&#x1;world</div>", sw.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEncodeIllegalControlCharsInAttribute() throws IOException {
+        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+        PrettyPrintXMLWriter w = new PrettyPrintXMLWriter(sw);
+        w.startElement("div");
+        w.addAttribute("title", "hello\u0001world");
+        w.endElement();
+        assertEquals("<div title=\"hello&#x1;world\"/>", sw.toString());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testEscapeXmlAttributeWindows() throws IOException {
         // Windows