diff --git a/byteseq_test.go b/byteseq_test.go
index 7903292..8ef956a 100644
--- a/byteseq_test.go
+++ b/byteseq_test.go
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ func Test_EqualFold(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		res := EqualFold[string](tc.S1, tc.S2)
+		res := EqualFold(tc.S1, tc.S2)
 		require.Equal(t, tc.Expected, res, "string")
 
-		res = EqualFold[[]byte]([]byte(tc.S1), []byte(tc.S2))
+		res = EqualFold([]byte(tc.S1), []byte(tc.S2))
 		require.Equal(t, tc.Expected, res, "bytes")
 	}
 }
diff --git a/xml.go b/xml.go
index 9cc2351..6e28f84 100644
--- a/xml.go
+++ b/xml.go
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@ package utils
 
 // XMLMarshal returns the XML encoding of v.
 type XMLMarshal func(v any) ([]byte, error)
+
+// XMLUnmarshal parses the XML-encoded data and stores the result
+// in the value pointed to by v. If v is nil or not a pointer,
+// Unmarshal returns an InvalidUnmarshalError.
+type XMLUnmarshal func(data []byte, v any) error
diff --git a/xml_test.go b/xml_test.go
index e4699e6..ff55753 100644
--- a/xml_test.go
+++ b/xml_test.go
@@ -59,3 +59,20 @@ func Test_DefaultXMLEncoder(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.Equal(t, string(raw), xmlString)
 }
+
+func Test_DefaultXMLDecoder(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	var (
+		ss         serversXMLStructure
+		xmlBytes                = []byte(xmlString)
+		xmlDecoder XMLUnmarshal = xml.Unmarshal
+	)
+
+	err := xmlDecoder(xmlBytes, &ss)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, 2, len(ss.Servers))
+	require.Equal(t, "1", ss.Version)
+	require.Equal(t, "fiber one", ss.Servers[0].Name)
+	require.Equal(t, "fiber two", ss.Servers[1].Name)
+}