diff --git a/lib/formatters/to_xml.ts b/lib/formatters/to_xml.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bcebc152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/formatters/to_xml.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+// @ts-nocheck
+
+// This file was taken from https://github.com/kawanet/to-xml and modified to have a specific output for arrays.
+
+/**
+ * The toXML() method converts a JavaScript value to an XML string.
+ *
+ * @function toXML
+ * @param value {Object} The value to convert to an XML string.
+ * @param [replacer] {Function} A function that alters the behavior
+ * of the stringification process.
+ * @param [space] {Number|String} A String or Number object that's
+ * used to insert white space into the output XML string for
+ * readability purposes. If this is a Number, it indicates the number
+ * of space characters to use as white space.
+ * If this is a String, the string is used as white space.
+ * @returns {String}
+ */
+
+const TYPES = {
+  "boolean": fromString,
+  "number": fromString,
+  "object": fromObject,
+  "string": fromString
+};
+
+const ESCAPE = {
+  "\t": "	",
+  "\n": "
",
+  "\r": "
",
+  " ": " ",
+  "&": "&",
+  "<": "&lt;",
+  ">": "&gt;",
+  '"': "&quot;"
+};
+
+const ATTRIBUTE_KEY = "@";
+const CHILD_NODE_KEY = "#";
+const LF = "\n";
+
+const isArray = Array.isArray || _isArray;
+
+const REPLACE = String.prototype.replace;
+
+function _toXML(value, replacer, space) {
+  const job = createJob(replacer, space);
+  fromAny(job, "", value);
+  return job.r;
+}
+
+function createJob(replacer, space) {
+  const job = {
+    f: replacer, // replacer function
+    // s: "", // indent string
+    // i: 0, // indent string length
+    l: "", // current indent string
+    r: "" // result string
+  };
+
+  if (space) {
+    let str = "";
+
+    if (space > 0) {
+      for (let i = space; i; i--) {
+        str += " ";
+      }
+    } else {
+      str += space; // stringify
+    }
+    job.s = str;
+
+    // indent string length
+    job.i = str.length;
+  }
+
+  return job;
+}
+
+function fromAny(job, key, value) {
+  // child node synonym
+  if (key === CHILD_NODE_KEY) key = "";
+
+  if (_isArray(value)) return fromArray(job, key, value);
+
+  const replacer = job.f;
+  if (replacer) value = replacer(key, value);
+
+  const f = TYPES[typeof value];
+  if (f) f(job, key, value);
+}
+
+function fromString(job, key, value) {
+  if (key === "?") {
+    // XML declaration
+    value = "<?" + value + "?>";
+  } else if (key === "!") {
+    // comment, CDATA section
+    value = "<!" + value + ">";
+  } else {
+    value = escapeTextNode(value);
+    if (key) {
+      // text element without attributes
+      value = "<" + key + ">" + value + "</" + key + ">";
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (key && job.i && job.r) {
+    job.r += LF + job.l; // indent
+  }
+
+  job.r += value;
+}
+
+function fromArray(job, key, value) {
+  if (key !== "item") {
+    fromObject(job, key, { item: value });
+  } else {
+    Array.prototype.forEach.call(value, function (value) {
+      fromAny(job, key, value);
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+function fromObject(job, key, value) {
+  // empty tag
+  const hasTag = !!key;
+  const closeTag = (value === null);
+  if (closeTag) {
+    if (!hasTag) return;
+    value = {};
+  }
+
+  const keys = Object.keys(value);
+  const keyLength = keys.length;
+  const attrs = keys.filter(isAttribute);
+  const attrLength = attrs.length;
+  const hasIndent = job.i;
+  const curIndent = job.l;
+  let willIndent = hasTag && hasIndent;
+  let didIndent;
+
+  // open tag
+  if (hasTag) {
+    if (hasIndent && job.r) {
+      job.r += LF + curIndent;
+    }
+
+    job.r += '<' + key;
+
+    // attributes
+    attrs.forEach(function (name) {
+      writeAttributes(job, name.substr(1), value[name]);
+    });
+
+    // empty element
+    const isEmpty = closeTag || (attrLength && keyLength === attrLength);
+    if (isEmpty) {
+      const firstChar = key[0];
+      if (firstChar !== "!" && firstChar !== "?") {
+        job.r += "/";
+      }
+    }
+
+    job.r += '>';
+
+    if (isEmpty) return;
+  }
+
+  keys.forEach(function (name) {
+    // skip attribute
+    if (isAttribute(name)) return;
+
+    // indent when it has child node but not fragment
+    if (willIndent && ((name && name !== CHILD_NODE_KEY) || isArray(value[name]))) {
+      job.l += job.s; // increase indent level
+      willIndent = 0;
+      didIndent = 1;
+    }
+
+    // child node or text node
+    fromAny(job, name, value[name]);
+  });
+
+  if (didIndent) {
+    // decrease indent level
+    job.l = job.l.substr(job.i);
+
+    job.r += LF + job.l;
+  }
+
+  // close tag
+  if (hasTag) {
+    job.r += '</' + key + '>';
+  }
+}
+
+function writeAttributes(job, key, val) {
+  if (isArray(val)) {
+    val.forEach(function (child) {
+      writeAttributes(job, key, child);
+    });
+  } else if (!key && "object" === typeof val) {
+    Object.keys(val).forEach(function (name) {
+      writeAttributes(job, name, val[name]);
+    });
+  } else {
+    writeAttribute(job, key, val);
+  }
+}
+
+function writeAttribute(job, key, val) {
+  const replacer = job.f;
+  if (replacer) val = replacer(ATTRIBUTE_KEY + key, val);
+  if ("undefined" === typeof val) return;
+
+  // empty attribute name
+  if (!key) {
+    job.r += ' ' + val;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // attribute name
+  job.r += ' ' + key;
+
+  // property attribute
+  if (val === null) return;
+
+  job.r += '="' + escapeAttribute(val) + '"';
+}
+
+function isAttribute(name) {
+  return name && name[0] === ATTRIBUTE_KEY;
+}
+
+function escapeTextNode(str) {
+  return REPLACE.call(str, /(^\s|[&<>]|\s$)/g, escapeRef);
+}
+
+function escapeAttribute(str) {
+  return REPLACE.call(str, /([&"])/g, escapeRef);
+}
+
+function escapeRef(str) {
+  return ESCAPE[str] || str;
+}
+
+function _isArray(array) {
+  return array instanceof Array;
+}
+
+export function toXML(value: Object, replacer?: Function, space?: Number | String): String {
+  return _toXML(value, replacer, space);
+}
diff --git a/lib/formatters/xml_formatter.ts b/lib/formatters/xml_formatter.ts
index ebbd5a35..e30c54e5 100644
--- a/lib/formatters/xml_formatter.ts
+++ b/lib/formatters/xml_formatter.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Formatter } from "./formatter.js";
-import { toXML } from "to-xml";
+import { toXML } from "./to_xml.js";
 
 export class XMLFormatter extends Formatter {
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 24a343a8..fc1ff4c4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "commander": "^12.1.0",
-    "csv-stringify": "^6.5.0",
-    "to-xml": "^0.1.11"
+    "csv-stringify": "^6.5.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@eslint/js": "^9.5.0",
diff --git a/tests/formatters/xml_formatter.test.ts b/tests/formatters/xml_formatter.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c327d034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/formatters/xml_formatter.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { FormatterFactory } from "../../lib/formatters/formatter_factory";
+import { TestObject } from "./test_object";
+
+const formatter = FormatterFactory.getFormatter("xml");
+
+test('test header', () => {
+  const object = [TestObject.testObject(), TestObject.testObject()];
+  expect(formatter.header(object)).toBe("<results>");
+});
+
+test('test footer', () => {
+  expect(formatter.footer()).toBe("</results>\n");
+});
+
+test('test convert', () => {
+  const object = [TestObject.testObject()];
+  const xml = `<result>${TestObject.asXml()}</result>`;
+
+  expect(formatter.convert(object, true)).toBe(xml);
+  expect(formatter.convert(object, false)).toBe(xml);
+});
+
+test('test format with fasta', () => {
+  //const fasta = [['>test', '5']];
+  //const object = [TestObject.testObject()];
+  //const json = '{"fasta_header":">test","integer":5,"string":"string","list":["a",2,false]}';
+  //expect(formatter.format(object, fasta, true)).toBe(json);
+});
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c6c157f9..90d703b4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2853,11 +2853,6 @@ to-regex-range@^5.0.1:
   dependencies:
     is-number "^7.0.0"
 
-to-xml@^0.1.11:
-  version "0.1.11"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/to-xml/-/to-xml-0.1.11.tgz#fae4dafe89889e5013c86e4ea65933dca97d985b"
-  integrity sha512-deRSQy7vONsawpyrPdhuV0Lh0yXtKQEhAnvfSv3JMahCq3PF0MZJB/BdV1jJANVbuMdnx96zhqD/X0zMMXx0Pw==
-
 ts-api-utils@^1.3.0:
   version "1.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ts-api-utils/-/ts-api-utils-1.3.0.tgz#4b490e27129f1e8e686b45cc4ab63714dc60eea1"