diff --git a/src/core/components/response.jsx b/src/core/components/response.jsx
index 3ed208b76ec..d4c7c782b4a 100644
--- a/src/core/components/response.jsx
+++ b/src/core/components/response.jsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import ImPropTypes from "react-immutable-proptypes"
 import cx from "classnames"
 import { fromJS, Seq, Iterable, List, Map } from "immutable"
 import { getSampleSchema, fromJSOrdered, stringify } from "core/utils"
+import { isFunc } from "../utils"
 
 const getExampleComponent = ( sampleResponse, HighlightCode, getConfigs ) => {
   if (
@@ -100,7 +101,6 @@ export default class Response extends React.Component {
     const Example = getComponent("Example")
 
 
-    var sampleResponse
     var schema, specPathWithPossibleSchema
 
     const activeContentType = this.state.responseContentType || contentType
@@ -118,38 +118,63 @@ export default class Response extends React.Component {
       specPathWithPossibleSchema = response.has("schema") ? specPath.push("schema") : specPath
     }
 
+    const overrideSchemaExample = (oldSchema, newExample) => {
+      if(newExample === undefined)
+        return oldSchema
+
+      if(!oldSchema)
+        oldSchema = { }
+
+      if(isFunc(oldSchema.toJS))
+        oldSchema = oldSchema.toJS()
+
+      oldSchema.example = newExample && isFunc(newExample.toJS)
+        ? newExample.toJS()
+        : newExample
+      return oldSchema
+    }
+    let mediaTypeExample
+    let shouldOverrideSchemaExample = false
+    let sampleSchema
+    let sampleGenConfig = {
+      includeReadOnly: true
+    }
+
     // Goal: find an example value for `sampleResponse`
     if(isOAS3) {
-      const oas3SchemaForContentType = activeMediaType.get("schema", Map({}))
-
+      sampleSchema = activeMediaType.get("schema", Map({})).toJS()
       if(examplesForMediaType) {
         const targetExamplesKey = this.getTargetExamplesKey()
-        const targetExample = examplesForMediaType.get(targetExamplesKey, Map({}))
-        sampleResponse = stringify(targetExample.get("value"))
+        mediaTypeExample = examplesForMediaType
+          .get(targetExamplesKey, Map({}))
+          .get("value")
+        if(mediaTypeExample === undefined) {
+          mediaTypeExample = examplesForMediaType.values().next().value
+        }
+        shouldOverrideSchemaExample = true
       } else if(activeMediaType.get("example") !== undefined) {
         // use the example key's value
-        sampleResponse = stringify(activeMediaType.get("example"))
-      } else {
-        // use an example value generated based on the schema
-        sampleResponse = getSampleSchema(oas3SchemaForContentType.toJS(), this.state.responseContentType, {
-          includeReadOnly: true
-        })
+        mediaTypeExample = activeMediaType.get("example")
+        shouldOverrideSchemaExample = true
       }
     } else {
-      if(response.getIn(["examples", activeContentType])) {
-        sampleResponse = response.getIn(["examples", activeContentType])
-      } else {
-        sampleResponse = schema ? getSampleSchema(
-          schema.toJS(),
-          activeContentType,
-          {
-            includeReadOnly: true,
-            includeWriteOnly: true // writeOnly has no filtering effect in swagger 2.0
-          }
-        ) : null
+      sampleSchema = schema
+      sampleGenConfig = {...sampleGenConfig, includeWriteOnly: true}
+      const oldOASMediaTypeExample = response.getIn(["examples", activeContentType])
+      if(oldOASMediaTypeExample) {
+        mediaTypeExample = oldOASMediaTypeExample
+        shouldOverrideSchemaExample = true
       }
     }
 
+    const schemaForSampleGeneration = shouldOverrideSchemaExample
+      ? overrideSchemaExample(sampleSchema, mediaTypeExample)
+      : sampleSchema
+
+    const sampleResponse = schemaForSampleGeneration
+      ? getSampleSchema(schemaForSampleGeneration, activeContentType, sampleGenConfig)
+      : null
+
     let example = getExampleComponent( sampleResponse, HighlightCode, getConfigs )
 
     return (
diff --git a/test/e2e-cypress/static/documents/bugs/6442.yaml b/test/e2e-cypress/static/documents/bugs/6442.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b8c0d9aa319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cypress/static/documents/bugs/6442.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+openapi: 3.0.1
+info:
+  title: Example Swagger
+  version: '1.0'
+servers:
+  - url: /api/v1
+paths:
+  /xmlTest:
+    get:
+      summary: subscribes to a siri vm stream
+      operationId: xmlTest
+      parameters: []
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: Simple example
+          content:
+            application/xml:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                xml:
+                  name: root
+                properties:
+                  x:
+                    type: string
+                example: 
+                  x: what the f
+              examples:
+                x2:
+                  summary: "xml not rendered via 'examples' keyword"
+                  value:
+                    x: should be xml
+  /xmlTest2:
+    get:
+      summary: subscribes to a siri vm stream
+      operationId: xmlTest2
+      parameters: []
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: Simple example
+          content:
+            application/xml:
+              schema:
+                type: object
+                xml:
+                  name: root
+                properties:
+                  x:
+                    type: string
+                example: 
+                  x: what the f
+              example:
+                x: should be xml
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diff --git a/test/e2e-cypress/tests/bugs/6442.js b/test/e2e-cypress/tests/bugs/6442.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..206055ab0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-cypress/tests/bugs/6442.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+describe("#6442: 'Examples' keyword definitions can not be rendered as xml", () => {
+    it("should render response examples accourdingly to content-type xml", () => {
+        const xmlIndicator = "<x>should be xml</x>"
+
+        cy
+            .visit("?url=/documents/bugs/6442.yaml")
+            .get("#operations-default-xmlTest")
+            .click()
+            .get(".responses-wrapper")
+            .within(() => {
+                cy
+                    .get(".microlight")
+                    .should("include.text", xmlIndicator)
+            })
+    })
+})
+
+describe("#6442: 'Example' keyword definitions can not be rendered as xml", () => {
+    it("should render response examples accourdingly to content-type xml", () => {
+        const xmlIndicator = "<x>should be xml</x>"
+
+        cy
+            .visit("?url=/documents/bugs/6442.yaml")
+            .get("#operations-default-xmlTest2")
+            .click()
+            .get(".responses-wrapper")
+            .within(() => {
+                cy
+                    .get(".microlight")
+                    .should("include.text", xmlIndicator)
+            })
+    })
+})