diff --git a/src/Storage/Device/S3.php b/src/Storage/Device/S3.php
index 7b6161c7..a8447b98 100644
--- a/src/Storage/Device/S3.php
+++ b/src/Storage/Device/S3.php
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ public function read(string $path, int $offset = 0, int $length = null): string
             $end = $offset + $length - 1;
             $this->headers['range'] = "bytes=$offset-$end";
         }
-        $response = $this->call(self::METHOD_GET, $uri);
+        $response = $this->call(self::METHOD_GET, $uri, decode: false);
 
         return $response->body;
     }
@@ -720,11 +720,12 @@ private function getSignatureV4(string $method, string $uri, array $parameters =
      * @param  string  $uri
      * @param  string  $data
      * @param  array  $parameters
+     * @param  bool  $decode
      * @return  object
      *
      * @throws \Exception
      */
-    private function call(string $method, string $uri, string $data = '', array $parameters = [])
+    private function call(string $method, string $uri, string $data = '', array $parameters = [], bool $decode = true)
     {
         $uri = $this->getAbsolutePath($uri);
         $url = 'https://'.$this->headers['host'].$uri.'?'.\http_build_query($parameters, '', '&', PHP_QUERY_RFC3986);
@@ -810,7 +811,7 @@ private function call(string $method, string $uri, string $data = '', array $par
         \curl_close($curl);
 
         // Parse body into XML
-        if ((isset($response->headers['content-type']) && $response->headers['content-type'] == 'application/xml') || (str_starts_with($response->body, '<?xml') && ($response->headers['content-type'] ?? '') !== 'image/svg+xml')) {
+        if ($decode && ((isset($response->headers['content-type']) && $response->headers['content-type'] == 'application/xml') || (str_starts_with($response->body, '<?xml') && ($response->headers['content-type'] ?? '') !== 'image/svg+xml'))) {
             $response->body = \simplexml_load_string($response->body);
             $response->body = json_decode(json_encode($response->body), true);
         }
diff --git a/tests/Storage/S3Base.php b/tests/Storage/S3Base.php
index dd82daea..cf17d915 100644
--- a/tests/Storage/S3Base.php
+++ b/tests/Storage/S3Base.php
@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@ public function testSVGUpload()
         $this->assertEquals(true, $this->object->delete($this->object->getPath('testing/appwrite.svg')));
     }
 
+    public function testXMLUpload()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals(true, $this->object->upload(__DIR__.'/../resources/disk-a/config.xml', $this->object->getPath('testing/config.xml')));
+        $this->assertEquals(file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/../resources/disk-a/config.xml'), $this->object->read($this->object->getPath('testing/config.xml')));
+        $this->assertEquals(true, $this->object->exists($this->object->getPath('testing/config.xml')));
+        $this->assertEquals(true, $this->object->delete($this->object->getPath('testing/config.xml')));
+    }
+
     public function testDeletePath()
     {
         // Test Single Object
diff --git a/tests/resources/disk-a/config.xml b/tests/resources/disk-a/config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2524092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/resources/disk-a/config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<customers>
+   <customer id="55000">
+      <name>Charter Group</name>
+      <address>
+         <street>100 Main</street>
+         <city>Framingham</city>
+         <state>MA</state>
+         <zip>01701</zip>
+      </address>
+      <address>
+         <street>720 Prospect</street>
+         <city>Framingham</city>
+         <state>MA</state>
+         <zip>01701</zip>
+      </address>
+      <address>
+         <street>120 Ridge</street>
+         <state>MA</state>
+         <zip>01760</zip>
+      </address>
+   </customer>
+</customers>
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