diff --git a/compiler/ballerina-parser/src/test/resources/expressions/xml-template/xml_template_assert_36.json b/compiler/ballerina-parser/src/test/resources/expressions/xml-template/xml_template_assert_36.json
index 94e9a7752634..5556cd4e9ac3 100644
--- a/compiler/ballerina-parser/src/test/resources/expressions/xml-template/xml_template_assert_36.json
+++ b/compiler/ballerina-parser/src/test/resources/expressions/xml-template/xml_template_assert_36.json
@@ -150,13 +150,7 @@
                               "children": [
                                 {
                                   "kind": "IDENTIFIER_TOKEN",
-                                  "value": "a",
-                                  "trailingMinutiae": [
-                                    {
-                                      "kind": "WHITESPACE_MINUTIAE",
-                                      "value": " "
-                                    }
-                                  ]
+                                  "value": "a"
                                 }
                               ]
                             },
@@ -346,13 +340,7 @@
                                           ]
                                         },
                                         {
-                                          "kind": "DOUBLE_QUOTE_TOKEN",
-                                          "trailingMinutiae": [
-                                            {
-                                              "kind": "WHITESPACE_MINUTIAE",
-                                              "value": " "
-                                            }
-                                          ]
+                                          "kind": "DOUBLE_QUOTE_TOKEN"
                                         }
                                       ]
                                     }
diff --git a/compiler/ballerina-parser/src/test/resources/expressions/xml-template/xml_template_source_36.bal b/compiler/ballerina-parser/src/test/resources/expressions/xml-template/xml_template_source_36.bal
index bdb1b521e3fb..4f1edb48075f 100644
--- a/compiler/ballerina-parser/src/test/resources/expressions/xml-template/xml_template_source_36.bal
+++ b/compiler/ballerina-parser/src/test/resources/expressions/xml-template/xml_template_source_36.bal
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 function foo() {
-    xml x1 = xml `<a /a>`;
-    xml x2 = xml `<a n="a" /a>`;
+    xml x1 = xml `<a/a>`;
+    xml x2 = xml `<a n="a"/a>`;
 }
diff --git a/tests/jballerina-unit-test/src/test/java/org/ballerinalang/test/types/xml/XMLLiteralTest.java b/tests/jballerina-unit-test/src/test/java/org/ballerinalang/test/types/xml/XMLLiteralTest.java
index aea1d277e26e..67b2a38df455 100644
--- a/tests/jballerina-unit-test/src/test/java/org/ballerinalang/test/types/xml/XMLLiteralTest.java
+++ b/tests/jballerina-unit-test/src/test/java/org/ballerinalang/test/types/xml/XMLLiteralTest.java
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ public void testXMLNegativeSemantics() {
                 "'(xml<xml:Element>|xml:Text)', found 'xml'", 149, 39);
         BAssertUtil.validateError(negativeResult, index++, "incompatible types: expected " +
                 "'(xml<xml<xml:Text>>|xml<xml<xml:Comment>>)', found 'xml'", 150, 54);
-        BAssertUtil.validateError(negativeResult, index++, "missing gt token", 154, 23);
-        BAssertUtil.validateError(negativeResult, index++, "missing gt token", 155, 29);
+        BAssertUtil.validateError(negativeResult, index++, "missing gt token", 154, 22);
+        BAssertUtil.validateError(negativeResult, index++, "missing gt token", 155, 28);
         Assert.assertEquals(index, negativeResult.getErrorCount());
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/jballerina-unit-test/src/test/resources/test-src/types/xml/xml-literals-negative.bal b/tests/jballerina-unit-test/src/test/resources/test-src/types/xml/xml-literals-negative.bal
index 71cb91000ec6..3952bce53638 100644
--- a/tests/jballerina-unit-test/src/test/resources/test-src/types/xml/xml-literals-negative.bal
+++ b/tests/jballerina-unit-test/src/test/resources/test-src/types/xml/xml-literals-negative.bal
@@ -151,6 +151,6 @@ function textInvalidXmlSequence() {
 }
 
 function testMissingClosingGTToken() {
-    xml x1 = xml `<a /a>`;
-    xml x2 = xml `<a n="a" /a>`;
+    xml x1 = xml `<a/a>`;
+    xml x2 = xml `<a n="a"/a>`;
 }