diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cfa182b..cc3c6e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "typesxml",
   "productName": "TypesXML",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "description": "Open source XML library written in TypeScript",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc"
diff --git a/ts/XMLUtils.ts b/ts/XMLUtils.ts
index 01b8302..14828e4 100644
--- a/ts/XMLUtils.ts
+++ b/ts/XMLUtils.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class XMLUtils {
     }
 
     static normalizeSpaces(text: string): string {
-        return text.replace(/[\r\n\t]/s, ' ');
+        return text.replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
     }
 
     static replaceAll(text: string, search: string, replacement: string): string {