diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 39b5b65..fa578e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           - nightly
           - beta
           - stable
-          - 1.57.0
+          - 1.83.0
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2cd874e..bbed29e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Enables the parsing of elements defined in another namespace in Person constructs [`#91`](https://github.com/rust-syndication/atom/pull/91)
+- Update `quick-xml` to `0.38` [`#92`](https://github.com/rust-syndication/atom/pull/92)
+- Bump MSRV (Minimum Supported Rust Version) from 1.57.0 to 1.83.0
+
 ## 0.12.7 - 2025-02-16
 
 - Publish tests [`#90`](https://github.com/rust-syndication/atom/pull/90)
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6a0eea7..cf28d7b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["atom", "feed", "parser", "parsing"]
 categories = ["parser-implementations"]
+rust-version = "1.83"
 
 [dependencies]
 diligent-date-parser = "0.1.3"
-quick-xml = { version = "0.37", features = ["encoding"] }
+quick-xml = { version = "0.38", features = ["encoding"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 derive_builder = { version = "0.20", optional = true }
 never = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aafbf35..0c6fd60 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Library for serializing the Atom web content syndication format.
 
 [Documentation](https://docs.rs/atom_syndication/)
 
-This crate requires *Rustc version 1.57.0 or greater*.
+This crate requires *Rustc version 1.83.0 or greater*.
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/src/extension/util.rs b/src/extension/util.rs
index 86ffdcd..9215d86 100644
--- a/src/extension/util.rs
+++ b/src/extension/util.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::io::BufRead;
 
-use quick_xml::events::attributes::Attributes;
-use quick_xml::events::Event;
-use quick_xml::Reader;
+use quick_xml::{
+    escape::resolve_predefined_entity,
+    events::{attributes::Attributes, Event},
+    Reader,
+};
 
 use crate::error::{Error, XmlError};
 use crate::extension::{Extension, ExtensionMap};
@@ -87,7 +89,19 @@ fn parse_extension_element<R: BufRead>(
                 text.push_str(decode(&element, reader)?.as_ref());
             }
             Event::Text(element) => {
-                text.push_str(element.unescape().map_err(XmlError::new)?.as_ref());
+                text.push_str(element.decode().map_err(XmlError::new)?.as_ref());
+            }
+            Event::GeneralRef(gref) => {
+                let entity = gref.decode().map_err(XmlError::new)?;
+                if let Some(resolved_entity) = resolve_predefined_entity(&entity) {
+                    text.push_str(resolved_entity);
+                } else if let Some(ch) = gref.resolve_char_ref().map_err(XmlError::new)? {
+                    text.push(ch);
+                } else {
+                    text.push('&');
+                    text.push_str(&entity);
+                    text.push(';');
+                }
             }
             Event::End(element) => {
                 extension.name = decode(element.name().as_ref(), reader)?.into();
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 2299f37..15ece0f 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use quick_xml::{
-    escape::escape,
+    escape::{escape, resolve_predefined_entity},
     events::{attributes::Attribute, Event},
     name::QName,
     Reader,
@@ -86,11 +86,23 @@ pub fn atom_text<B: BufRead>(reader: &mut Reader<B>) -> Result<Option<String>, E
                 result.push_str(decode(&text, reader)?.as_ref());
             }
             Event::Text(text) => {
-                let decoded = text.unescape().map_err(XmlError::new)?;
+                let decoded = text.decode().map_err(XmlError::new)?;
                 result.push_str(&decoded);
             }
+            Event::GeneralRef(gref) => {
+                let entity = gref.decode().map_err(XmlError::new)?;
+                if let Some(resolved_entity) = resolve_predefined_entity(&entity) {
+                    result.push_str(resolved_entity);
+                } else if let Some(ch) = gref.resolve_char_ref().map_err(XmlError::new)? {
+                    result.push(ch);
+                } else {
+                    result.push('&');
+                    result.push_str(&entity);
+                    result.push(';');
+                }
+            }
             Event::Comment(text) => {
-                let decoded = text.unescape().map_err(XmlError::new)?;
+                let decoded = text.decode().map_err(XmlError::new)?;
                 result.push_str("<!--");
                 result.push_str(&decoded);
                 result.push_str("-->");
@@ -145,11 +157,17 @@ pub fn atom_xhtml<B: BufRead>(reader: &mut Reader<B>) -> Result<Option<String>,
                 result.push_str(escape(decode(&text, reader)?.as_ref()).as_ref());
             }
             Event::Text(text) => {
-                let decoded = text.unescape().map_err(XmlError::new)?;
+                let decoded = text.decode().map_err(XmlError::new)?;
                 result.push_str(escape(decoded.as_ref()).as_ref());
             }
+            Event::GeneralRef(gref) => {
+                let entity = gref.decode().map_err(XmlError::new)?;
+                result.push('&');
+                result.push_str(&entity);
+                result.push(';');
+            }
             Event::Comment(text) => {
-                let decoded = text.unescape().map_err(XmlError::new)?;
+                let decoded = text.decode().map_err(XmlError::new)?;
                 result.push_str("<!--");
                 result.push_str(&decoded);
                 result.push_str("-->");