diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7375e30135..8eb668c10b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ a release.
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Changed
 - Add conflict with "doctrine/orm" >=2.16 (temporary change until code is fixed)
+### Fixed
+- References: fixed condition in `XML` Driver that did not allow to retrieve from the entity definition the `mappedBy` and `inversedBy` fields.
 
 ## [3.12.0] - 2023-07-08
 ### Added
diff --git a/schemas/orm/doctrine-extensions-mapping-2-2.xsd b/schemas/orm/doctrine-extensions-mapping-2-2.xsd
index 34ce2a37ed..71f30049a1 100644
--- a/schemas/orm/doctrine-extensions-mapping-2-2.xsd
+++ b/schemas/orm/doctrine-extensions-mapping-2-2.xsd
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
   <xs:element name="loggable" type="gedmo:loggable"/>
   <xs:element name="soft-deleteable" type="gedmo:soft-deleteable"/>
   <xs:element name="uploadable" type="gedmo:uploadable"/>
+  <xs:element name="reference" type="gedmo:reference"/>
   <!-- field -->
   <xs:element name="slug" type="gedmo:slug"/>
   <xs:element name="translatable" type="gedmo:translatable"/>
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
   <xs:complexType name="reference">
     <xs:attribute name="type" type="gedmo:reference-type" use="required" />
     <xs:attribute name="field" type="xs:string" use="required" />
+    <xs:attribute name="reference" type="xs:string" use="required" />
     <xs:attribute name="identifier" type="xs:string" use="required" />
     <xs:attribute name="class" type="xs:string" use="required" />
     <xs:attribute name="mappedBy" type="xs:string" use="optional" />
diff --git a/src/References/Mapping/Driver/Xml.php b/src/References/Mapping/Driver/Xml.php
index 9a7b0c774d..8f5bd0954a 100644
--- a/src/References/Mapping/Driver/Xml.php
+++ b/src/References/Mapping/Driver/Xml.php
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ public function readExtendedMetadata($meta, array &$config)
                         'identifier' => $identifier,
                     ];
 
-                    if (!$this->_isAttributeSet($element, 'mappedBy')) {
+                    if ($this->_isAttributeSet($element, 'mappedBy')) {
                         $config[$reference][$field]['mappedBy'] = $this->_getAttribute($element, 'mappedBy');
                     }
-                    if (!$this->_isAttributeSet($element, 'inversedBy')) {
+                    if ($this->_isAttributeSet($element, 'inversedBy')) {
                         $config[$reference][$field]['inversedBy'] = $this->_getAttribute($element, 'inversedBy');
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/Driver/Xml/Gedmo.Tests.Mapping.Fixture.Xml.References.dcm.xml b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/Driver/Xml/Gedmo.Tests.Mapping.Fixture.Xml.References.dcm.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32c8e2c6a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/Driver/Xml/Gedmo.Tests.Mapping.Fixture.Xml.References.dcm.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<doctrine-mapping xmlns="http://doctrine-project.org/schemas/orm/doctrine-mapping" xmlns:gedmo="http://gediminasm.org/schemas/orm/doctrine-extensions-mapping">
+    <entity name="Gedmo\Tests\Mapping\Fixture\Xml\References" table="references">
+        <id name="id" type="integer" column="id">
+            <generator strategy="AUTO"/>
+        </id>
+        <field name="name" type="string" length="128"/>
+        <gedmo:reference field="users" reference="referenceMany" type="document" identifier="referecesId" class="Gedmo\Tests\Mapping\Fixture\Document\User" mappedBy="reference"/>
+    </entity>
+</doctrine-mapping>
diff --git a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/Fixture/Xml/References.php b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/Fixture/Xml/References.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d18e62393c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/Fixture/Xml/References.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Doctrine Behavioral Extensions package.
+ * (c) Gediminas Morkevicius <gediminas.morkevicius@gmail.com> http://www.gediminasm.org
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Gedmo\Tests\Mapping\Fixture\Xml;
+
+use Gedmo\Tests\Mapping\Fixture\Document\User;
+
+class References
+{
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     */
+    private $id;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $name;
+
+    /**
+     * @var User[]
+     */
+    private $users;
+}
diff --git a/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/Xml/ReferencesMappingTest.php b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/Xml/ReferencesMappingTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29590c099a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Gedmo/Mapping/Xml/ReferencesMappingTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Doctrine Behavioral Extensions package.
+ * (c) Gediminas Morkevicius <gediminas.morkevicius@gmail.com> http://www.gediminasm.org
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Gedmo\Tests\Mapping\Xml;
+
+use Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationReader;
+use Doctrine\Common\EventManager;
+use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\AnnotationDriver;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\XmlDriver;
+use Doctrine\Persistence\Mapping\Driver\MappingDriverChain;
+use Gedmo\References\ReferencesListener;
+use Gedmo\Tests\Mapping\Fixture\Xml\References;
+use Gedmo\Tests\Tool\BaseTestCaseOM;
+
+/**
+ * @author Guillermo Fuentes <guillermofuentesquijada@gmail.com>
+ */
+final class ReferencesMappingTest extends BaseTestCaseOM
+{
+    /**
+     * @var EntityManager
+     */
+    private $em;
+
+    /**
+     * @var ReferencesListener
+     */
+    private $referencesListener;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $reader = new AnnotationReader();
+        $annotationDriver = new AnnotationDriver($reader);
+
+        $xmlDriver = new XmlDriver(__DIR__.'/../Driver/Xml');
+
+        $chain = new MappingDriverChain();
+        $chain->addDriver($xmlDriver, 'Gedmo\Tests\Mapping\Fixture\Xml');
+        $chain->addDriver($annotationDriver, 'Gedmo\Tests\Mapping\Fixture');
+
+        $this->referencesListener = new ReferencesListener();
+        $this->evm = new EventManager();
+        $this->evm->addEventSubscriber($this->referencesListener);
+
+        $this->em = $this->getDefaultMockSqliteEntityManager([
+            References::class,
+        ], $chain);
+    }
+
+    public function testMetadata(): void
+    {
+        $meta = $this->em->getClassMetadata(References::class);
+        $config = $this->referencesListener->getConfiguration($this->em, $meta->getName());
+
+        static::assertArrayHasKey('referenceMany', $config);
+        static::assertArrayHasKey('useObjectClass', $config);
+        static::assertSame(References::class, $config['useObjectClass']);
+        $configInternal = $config['referenceMany'];
+        static::assertArrayHasKey('users', $configInternal);
+        $configUsers = $configInternal['users'];
+        static::assertArrayHasKey('field', $configUsers);
+        static::assertArrayHasKey('type', $configUsers);
+        static::assertSame('document', $configUsers['type']);
+        static::assertArrayHasKey('class', $configUsers);
+        static::assertArrayHasKey('identifier', $configUsers);
+        static::assertArrayHasKey('mappedBy', $configUsers);
+        static::assertSame('reference', $configUsers['mappedBy']);
+    }
+}