diff --git a/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/text/escape/XmlEscape.java b/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/text/escape/XmlEscape.java
index 461b1c90a..8aba9e2a7 100644
--- a/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/text/escape/XmlEscape.java
+++ b/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/text/escape/XmlEscape.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class XmlEscape extends ReplacerChain {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
 	protected static final String[][] BASIC_ESCAPE = { //
-			{"'", "'"}, // " - single-quote
+//			{"'", "'"}, // " - single-quote
 			{"\"", """}, // " - double-quote
 			{"&", "&"}, // & - ampersand
 			{"<", "&lt;"}, // < - less-than
diff --git a/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/text/escape/XmlUnescape.java b/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/text/escape/XmlUnescape.java
index c7321eafa..80073a9c1 100644
--- a/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/text/escape/XmlUnescape.java
+++ b/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/text/escape/XmlUnescape.java
@@ -13,9 +13,15 @@ public class XmlUnescape extends ReplacerChain {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
 	protected static final String[][] BASIC_UNESCAPE  = InternalEscapeUtil.invert(XmlEscape.BASIC_ESCAPE);
+	// issue#1118
+	protected static final String[][] OTHER_UNESCAPE  = new String[][]{new String[]{"&apos;", "'"}};
 
+	/**
+	 * 构造
+	 */
 	public XmlUnescape() {
 		addChain(new LookupReplacer(BASIC_UNESCAPE));
 		addChain(new NumericEntityUnescaper());
+		addChain(new LookupReplacer(OTHER_UNESCAPE));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/util/EscapeUtilTest.java b/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/util/EscapeUtilTest.java
index 7f5c7e597..b09d9a7d8 100644
--- a/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/util/EscapeUtilTest.java
+++ b/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/util/EscapeUtilTest.java
@@ -40,8 +40,16 @@ public class EscapeUtilTest {
 
 	@Test
 	public void escapeSingleQuotesTest(){
+		// 单引号不做转义
 		String str = "'some text with single quotes'";
 		final String s = EscapeUtil.escapeHtml4(str);
-		Assert.assertEquals("&apos;some text with single quotes&apos;", s);
+		Assert.assertEquals("'some text with single quotes'", s);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void unescapeSingleQuotesTest(){
+		String str = "&apos;some text with single quotes&apos;";
+		final String s = EscapeUtil.unescapeHtml4(str);
+		Assert.assertEquals("'some text with single quotes'", s);
 	}
 }