diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/XMLWriter.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/XMLWriter.php
index 2703e98e99..4e35924e32 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/XMLWriter.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Shared/XMLWriter.php
@@ -91,6 +91,6 @@ public function writeRawData($rawTextData): bool
             $rawTextData = implode("\n", $rawTextData);
         }
 
-        return $this->writeRaw(htmlspecialchars($rawTextData ?? ''));
+        return $this->writeRaw(htmlspecialchars($rawTextData ?? '', \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Settings::htmlEntityFlags()));
     }
 }